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A Classic at Teton Ridge

01/17/10

A Classic at Teton Ridge

 

The annual Teton Ridge Classic took place yesterday, January 16, at the Teton Ridge Ranch northeast of Driggs. Though it was the lowest snowpack in the seven-year history of the race, the course was groomed to near perfection. The event has grown to become the preeminent classic-technique (as opposed to freestyle, or skating) Nordic race in the Intermountain region. Let's only hope it can continue in the future, as the Teton Ridge Ranch--formerly open as a guest ranch--and its terrific Nordic trails are generally closed to the public as of this winter. (They made a one-day exception for the race.)

The main 28-kilometer event (there's also a 14-K and a 5-K for kids) was won by Sun Valley, Idaho's Jon Engen. A native of Norway, Engen, who's now over 50, has lived in...

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The Wyoming Jet Set

01/03/10

The Wyoming Jet Set

 

A bunch of us did a great ski tour up Darby Canyon last Friday afternoon, hoping to burn off some calories in preparation for a New Year's Day dinner feast. As we skied, Liz Davy, who organized the outing and the dinner, nonchalantly told us about a jet ride she'd taken earlier in the week. Liz is the silviculturist (tree person) for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and is stationed in Jackson, though she lives in Teton Valley southeast of Driggs.

"I was invited to help guide [Wyoming] Governor Dave Freudenthal and Harris Sherman, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, on an air tour of the Bridger-Teton," Liz said. "I was told about the trip on Christmas Eve...

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Editor Michael McCoy is a native Wyomingite who, through no choice of his own, moved to Iowa (“the third greatest state in the nation,” he says) when he was only a few weeks old. After high school graduation, he beelined it back to the University of Wyoming, where he earned a degree in Anthropology and the nickname of “Mac.” In addition to his Teton-area editorial duties, Mac works for the Missoula, Montana-based Adventure Cycling Association and writes freelance articles and books about the outdoors. “But that’s enough about me,” he says. “This blog is about you. I will prime the pump with an entry now and then--but ultimately, we hope it will be our readers, both locals and out-of-staters, who keep the streams of conversation flowing.”

 

 

 

Contributing blogger Susan Traylor Lykes was born and raised in the Denver area, a third-generation Coloradan. She spent much of her childhood in the mountains, and took up fly fishing at the tender age of ten, wielding her grandfather’s old bamboo rod and Pflueger reel. After graduating from the University of Vermont, Susan earned a master's degree in Town Planning from the University of Montana. For the past decade, she has focused on nonprofit land conservation and land use, serving on the boards of the Land Trust Alliance, the Teton Regional Land Trust, and the Orton Family Foundation.
Susan and her husband, Mayo, call both sides of the Tetons home. They are enthusiastic travelers and outdoorsmen — hiking, skiing, fly fishing, and bird hunting.

 

 

 

Contributing blogger Jeanne Anderson is a Cheyenne native and graduate of the University of Wyoming who has spent the last 25 years as a writer, PR consultant, columnist, and editor. Her passions include hiking, cooking reading, traveling, community, and creativity (she’s in her third term on the Idaho Commission on the Arts). She credits her broad practical streak to her parents, who started the first travel agency in the Cowboy State—from them she learned “every bathroom in the world is down the hall and to the left.” Jeanne and her husband Peter started Dark Horse Books in Driggs in 1995; their two-year experiment lasted 14 years. Now out from behind the bookstore counter, she’s looking forward to many new adventures.

 

 

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