Jackson Hole Mountain Resort with the Grand
— — the tram line drawn against granite.
Not only on a wall.
“The resort sits at Teton Village on the west side of Jackson Hole, with Grand Teton on the skyline to the north. The Aerial Tram rises 4,139 feet from the base to the summit of Rendezvous Mountain in about nine minutes. From the top the view runs north across the range to the Grand, south down the Hoback, and west into Idaho. The mountain reads different in every light.
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort with the Grand, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort lies at Teton Village in Teton County, Wyoming, about twelve miles northwest of the town of Jackson. The base sits at 6,311 feet; Rendezvous Mountain, the resort's summit, reaches 10,450 feet. The Aerial Tram, locally called Big Red, climbs 4,139 vertical feet in nine minutes. The resort opened in 1965 and was founded by Paul McCollister. Grand Teton, the highest summit in the range at 13,775 feet, stands about fifteen miles to the north inside Grand Teton National Park.
Late afternoon flattens against the east face of the Tetons and turns the Grand a slow, deep gold for the half hour before sunset. From the top of Rendezvous the long shadows pull east toward the Gros Ventre range across the valley. Storms run the spine of the range and can sit on the Grand while the resort base stays clear. Winter light is shorter and colder; the alpenglow holds about eight minutes after the sun goes off the summit ridge.
The resort runs winter operations from late November through early April and a summer season from late May through early October. The Aerial Tram operates in both seasons, weather permitting; a one-way ride from the base reaches Corbet's Cabin at the summit. Teton Village is the resort base, with lodging, the gondola, and the tram terminal. The town of Jackson is twelve miles southeast along Wyoming 22 and Highway 390. Grand Teton National Park entrance lies just to the north.