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A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 6 AM Saturday TO 6 AM Sunday. Heavy snow is expected with total snow accumulations of 8 to 14 inches in the Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains. Locally higher amounts up to 20 inches in the Tetons. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph in the Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains and travel could be very difficult to impossible over Teton and … [Read more...] about Winter Storm Warning this weekend

Teton County Search & Rescue volunteers were called out on consecutive rescues on Tuesday and Wednesday, this week. On Tuesday about 1:30 p.m. they responded to an injured snowmobiler on Togwotee Pass. A man in his mid 50s had rolled his sled during a guided snowmobile trip. Then one of his companions got lost trying to get help. Search and Rescue picked up the injured … [Read more...] about Teton County Search & Rescue takes helicopter on two missions

Icy conditions grounded the Teton County Search & Rescue helicopter yesterday afternoon. At about noon on Wednesday, Search & Rescue was called out to aid an injured backcountry skier in No Name Canyon. An accident left the skier in significant pain and unable to ski or walk. After assessing the terrain, the rescue team decided to use their helicopter to short-haul … [Read more...] about Search & Rescue saves skier from No Name Canyon

Teton County Search and Rescue used their helicopter for two callouts on Saturday. At about 130pm a call was made from someone who witnessed a skier falling down Central Couloir. The skier fell about 700 feet down the steep and technical descent. The skier, a woman from Salt Lake City, went out of bounds to the south of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. She lost her balance and … [Read more...] about Search and Rescue helicopter team saves two over weekend

There is still a just under a month left in the ski season and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has hit the 500" snowfall mark for the season with more on the way. Another big snowstorm is forecast with a Winter Storm Warning for the mountains of Western Wyoming. Snowfall totals of 18 to 24 inches are possible in the Tetons, while only 2 to 5 inches are expected over the lower … [Read more...] about Jackson Hole hits 500 inches