Targhee Today

Oh freshies, how do we love thee?  Let us count the ways:

We’re not going to give Scorcese a reason to watch his back - but we like the idea of bringing you more video from the resort.

So we’re willing to risk some criticism.  Be gentle.

Here’s the first installment of “Deep Thoughts from the Fishbowl” a semi-regular download from the gear junkies at Habitat in Driggs.

TGR’s Re:Session Trailer from Teton Gravity Research on Vimeo.

Get your ski season mojo flowing at the premiere of RE:Session on November 14 at the Spud Drive-In, the 13th installment in a legacy of envelope-pushing ski porn from our local boys at Teton Gravity Research.  Last year was the first year the Spud  hosted the Wydaho TGR premiere and it was an awesome night:

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A film crew out of Chicago visited Grand Targhee this week to shoot a campaign for Thermos and their new line of uber-burly thermoses that are essential gear for the most spectacular adventures.

Film shoots are a massive logistical undertaking from all sides, but particularly when mother nature gets involved.

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We skipped the standard resort brochure this year and instead created the first Grand Targhee Magazine!  Check out the online version by clicking the picture of the cover below.

Director of Special Events, Mountain Biking Trails, Music Festivals and all-around Targhee hero Andy Williams indulges in a between-season employee perk after 14+ inches of snow at the ghee.

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Local artist and winter snowsport enthusiast Esmeralda Gonzales Estrada recently won the National Ski Area Association’s (NSAA) 10th Annual National Kids’ Safety Poster Contest.  Esmeralda won “Most Creative Safety Message” for her colorful depiction of  the skiers and snowboarders Responsibility Code.  She received a Pro-Tec helmet, and will also receive a season pass from Grand Targhee Resort for the 2009/10 winter season, a full day private lesson with our Director of Ski and Snowboard School Mark Hanson, and lunch with our General Manager Scott Pierpont.  Congratulations Esmeralda!

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

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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

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A great write up on our downhill mtb trails in today’s JH News and Guide:

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