Visionwind

With the fortunate sunny weather today after many days of rain, I decided I would hike the mountain just behind the condo.  During the winter it functions as a small ski resort and once the snow melts the locals use it for their hiking pleasure.  It’s part of the extensive network of trails around the town on Jackson.  Here is a shot looking up the ski hill.  Those chair lifts just look odd with no snow.

Alas! The last snow of the season, quick, get the skis.  It amazed me to still see snow considering we had rain most of June I thought for sure every last bit of snow had melted.

I liked this view, some vibrant yellow daisies in contrast to the snow capped peaks.  While spring had reached jackson it was clear the Tetons stayed in winter.

This is view form about half way up the mountain, the condo where I stayed occupies the middle just below and to the left of the round roofed buildings.  This trendy part of town on South Millward had homes build by one contractor, who I happened to run into on this very hike.  He did a great job giving a unique look and feel to this part of town, many of buildings used recycled materials and each one had distinct modern architecture.

Along the way up, I came across the Snowtorium, the local paper mentioned this art exhibit and I had fun checking it out.  Walking into a cocoon of snow, the sounds of nature enveloped me in a constant loop.  Quite a start contrast to the sunny day outside.

Here you can see the installation from the outside, plus a view of the inside of the wall, yes that’s snow covered in a tarp.

A nice view of Jackson and the Tetons from the top of Snow King Mountain.

That chair lift sounded good about now.

I made it to the top!

They had a nice map at the top of the Teton mountains.

Before the hike started I met a nice girl, Mindy, at the bottom who had just returned from India.  After a great discussion about her time there and some of yoga she practiced, we got back to what started the conversation, this book which she recommended (considering she was a Yellowstone tour guide I took it as a good one) as the best of the hikes around the area. Upon my next visit, I’ll be sure to look it up.