Jackson Hole Tram and Momos

September 24th, 2010 11:44am - Posted By: Brittany

Today was our first full day in Jackson Hole.  We got up much earlier than we normally would on a trip like this, but since it's a b'n'b we thought we needed to get our free breakfast and meet the other guests.  Breakfast was great and on Inn keeper, Deborah, is very nice.  Pretty much all of the other guests we've met are from different parts of Texas.  We definitly got a couple of big eyes when we said we were from Boulder.  I guess we're just a bunch of hippies ;-)

After breakfast we decided to check out the ski resort and see why it's so famous.  It seems much smaller than Steamboat, so we were curious about why people come from all over the world to see it.  Our place is just 5 miles from the ski resort, so we popped over in no time.  We took the big, new sky tram up to the top of the mountain.  This tram is huge, in the winter they pack 100 people in each tram, ski gear and all!  It takes about 10 minutes up to the true summit.  On the way up, the tram guy pointed out two ski runs that come down from a huge cliff.  It was basically 90 degrees down over giant boulders.  He said 55% of all of their runs are double black diamond or expert.  Only 5% are green runs.  So, that's why this place is so famous, it's incredibly difficult and challenging for ski buffs.    

The landscape was nothing like we imagined.  It is all rocky and desolate. No trees at all.  When we got out, it was super windy and cold.  I could not imagine skiing here!  At the top is Corbin's Cabin, which is advertised as a restaurant to get hot drinks and waffles.  In reality, it's a shack with instant coffee and cocoa, and yes, they make waffles for you.  It actually reminded us of some of the lodges in Nepal, tiny, scary, covered in satellites and antennea, and very meager inside.  But this place had heat and full electricity.  We really did like it, it was fun to be up there.  We ordered a butter brown sugar waffle.  Delicious!

After we warmed up, we went on a small hike out to the cliffs where those runs are.  It was really windy, but we made it.  I'm sure my mom would like to know I was standing on a cliff in high winds while 6 months pregnant! The scenery was crazy but very awesome.

We headed back to the tram and took it back down.  We ate lunch at the base, great sandwiches.  We headed back to the Inn and did something awesome:  we took a 2 hour nap!  Yay!!

We got up and had cheese and wine.  Our inn keeper got me sparkling cider, which was so thoughtful.  She suggested a Mexican place for dinner, The Merry Piglets.  We figured we'd go there, so we headed to town.  We found a great parking spot and walked around for a bit.  We stumbled on this tiny hole in the wall joint that we just had to stop at:  The Everest Momo Shack!  They were serving only momos this night, and we got an order.  We asked the owner if was from Nepal, and he said yes.  We told him what we had just done in April and it turns out he's from the Khumbu Valley, just near Namche!  He lived in Aspen for 19 years, and has been in Jackson for the last 4.  What a small world.  It was awesome.  

After our momos, we wandered around and found a little restaurant/bakery called the Bunnery.  I got a little meal and Tyson got a cheese steak.  It was great, too.  

We called it a night and headed back to our Inn.  Great day!

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