Grand Targhee Resort held the annual 24 Hours of Targhee mountain bike race this past weekend, with solo and team riders lapping an 8+ mile course (with 1000+ ft elevation gain per lap!) from noon on Saturday through noon on Sunday. Goal? To do as many laps as possible in 24 hours. And stay awake . . .
On September 12, 2009, the closing weekend of our summer season, Grand Targhee Resort invites the bravest, boldest mountain bikers in the region to travel at ludicrous speed down our mountain. Race details available here and here. A peek at our trails below:
Today our Ski Patrol Director Mike Kelly was joined by Jim Robertson and Kurt Kluegel from the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and Entomologist Laura Lazarus to follow up on a Douglas Fir and Whitebark Pine Management project that is part of our sustainable ecosystems efforts here at the resort.
Laura, Jim and Mike inspecting bark for signs of beetle infestation
The Boise Examiner released their annual pre-season list of Top 10 Ski Chairlifts in the Western US recently and our own Dreamcatcher high-speed quad ranked #1 for intermediates thanks to the access it provides to open powder-filled glades and long groomed cruising runs.
Family Ski Hub also recently chose Grand Targhee Resort as one of their top picks for families, citing our consistent snow conditions, uncrowded slopes, our secluded beginner area and excellent ski school and childcare programs. Our NEW $19 Junior lift ticket (kids age 6-12) makes Targhee an unbeatable value for families this winter as well.
We’ve seen some dustings of snow in the mountains over the past few weeks, causing a mid-August company-wide jones for winter. We’re keeping the powder cravings at bay with the recent release of winter movie trailers - here are a few we’re looking forward to checking out:
RE:SESSION from Teton Gravity Research
SWIFT SILENT DEEP from John “JK” Klacziewicz
rodeo-style belt bling went to the top finishers
One of the most challenging mountain bike endurance races? Isn’t that like saying one of the snowiest avalanches? It’s an endurance race - aren’t they all challenging?
Well, yes. But we’re talking about a unique group of mtb racers here. 100 miles on a mountain bike, as fast as you can go? Only the top sadomasicists athletes on wheels sign up for that sort of pleasure and pain.
This past Saturday a group of these challenge-seekers descended upon Grand Targhee Resort for the inaugural Pierre’s Hole, a 25 mile loop of mostly singletrack gaining a blistering 4600 feet in elevation on each lap.
A great write up on our downhill mtb trails in today’s JH News and Guide:
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