Winter 2017 shapes up to be a big one. Snowbanks tower in town. Winds howl. Snow blows. Old man winter descends on Jackson Hole. The deep snow challenges the wildlife as they struggle for sufficient food and travel routes. RAY of white blankets the valley with hardly a twig peaking above the sage flats. Once […]
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Nature News: November
November in Jackson Hole has been a dry month. We received early snow in October but it mostly melted. Four inches of snow fell on November 17 but sun and warmer temperatures dominated the month. I can’t really complain with 50 degree temperatures but we are ski town so snow in November keeps the anxiety […]
Nature News: January
January has been a stormy month. Approximately 110 inches of snow has fallen at the Raymer Plot in Teton Village, elevation 9,300 feet. This is reported on the avalanche forecast site by the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center. It’s a comprehensive site that shares the weather forecast, advisories, snow conditions, and avalanche information. It’s the go-to site […]
Nature News: December
The month’s weather varied. Temperatures were a bit warm early in December, followed by cooling, a period of stormy weather, then frigid. When winter began, Jackson weather was snowy and cold. The winter Solstice was on December 21 so about 7.5 hours of daylight in Jackson and a storm raged. By the end of the […]
Nature News: February
Not a normal winter month in the Tetons but we have stayed on course with annual precipitation. The month was warmer than average with low precipitation. Early season storms keep the snowpack near normal. The month ends with hard and frozen snow conditions, some bears emerging early from their winter dens and no snow in […]
