Jackson Hole Park

RusselCrowe

RusselCrowe

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I might be going out to Jackson Hole during February break and me and my friend were wondering if the park they have is good or bad. Of course we'll be skiing the mountain itself if we go but we are curious if anyone skis there or has and liked or hated the park.
 
Yea really dont be a douche OP Jackson easily is one of the top 3 mountains in the US rip it the fuck up bro
 
Well no shit were gonna ski the mountain not just the park but my friend doesnt really follow the whole deal of skiing the whole mountain and just sticks to the park. I do to at our mountain because its tiny and shitty besides the park which is ok. I was just wondering because I dont want to have someone bitching about how they could be skiing Killington or Carinthia because Jacksons park is shit.
 
Who in their right fucking mind goes to Jackson Hole and wants to ski in the park?

Yeesh
 
No he will its just he wants to be able to ski a good park and get his money worth. I was just curious if they had a good park or not I wanna go whether the park kicks ass or doesnt
 
jackson had a park last year, it's pretty shitty though. then there's the stash parks which are kind of cool. jackson is an amazing mountain though it's definitely not a place you go to ski park, but it's nice to have something if it hasn't snowed there in a couple weeks and everything is tracked out.
 
Well also our friend who goes to the winter sports school in PC will be there for the rev tour so we were thinking it might be a sick park but its not an entire option we might stay local and ski VT mountains if everything goes to shit.
 
I'm at Jackson right now, and the park is pretty good by my low east coast standards. they have 1 huge booter, a few 20ish jumps, some basic rails (battleship, flat tube, cannons, close-in), and a nifty corrugated stall feature. Its right near the base of the mountain, so I just go through there if I'm taking a lap on the tram or gondola since hitting the jumps is more interesting than the over-skied green circles that funnel to the base area. There is no lift that services near the top of the park and it isn't very long, so don't look forward to taking hot laps with center mounted twin tips. Its just a cool way to finish up a run of charging the steep and deep.
 
The park here this year is way better than the past few years, our park crew worked their asses off to have it open by the holidays. The post above mine describes it perfectly. Check out the stash parks, they are more "natural" looking features and pretty much where I go if I want to ride park.
 
The pocket parks are really fun. The actual parks are pretty small and mellow. The jumps seem kind of sketchy and short. Hopefully you guys can just ski pow and dip through the pocket parks.
 
I mean Stash park, not Pocket park.

This wall ride is in the park under Casper Bowl.

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I loved the Jackson Park when I was there. The mountain is probably the greatest you can ski in the lower 48 if not all of North America---if not the entire world, but the park is always there for you.Keep in mind, it is a GREAT mountain but it's also one of the easiest to get caught up in the moment, do dumb shit that can get you or people around you killed. If your buddy isn't an experienced all mountain skier and you both like park, there is no shame in playing around the park! I can say it with confidence because I know once you see the mountain, you will spend most of your day exploring it and not in the park.

People on here will rip on you for mentioning skiing park, but ski patrol sure wouldn't. The last thing they want is inexperienced people with no gear and no knowledge of the mountain getting themselves into trouble, which like I said is way too easy.

Be safe, and you're going to have a blast whether you ski mountain, park, it snows a bunch or doesn't snow at all.
 
How come everyone acts like Jackson is the heaven of skiing? The snow still gets shitty/icey there too. Who wants to shred the mountain if the snow is terrible?
 
If I was visiting jackson I would still shred the natural terrain 100% of the time regardless of snow conditions.
 
You're really telling me you wouldnt cruise a couple laps in the afternoon after shredding hard all morning? Sure if you didnt have your park skis on, but still, its silly to say you wouldn't lap through if it was sick and thats all OP wants to know.

This isnt the first time this thread has been made and everyone always flames so hard, its ridiculous.
 
Wow I am really proud of you NS haha I was expecting this thread to be much different. Son, I am not disappoint at all.
 
I was out there over Christmas and don't know why anyone would ski park there. When i was out there i hiked Crags all day. The park was maybe the same as any east coast resort for comparison
 
thank you for the input and for those of you bitching about my friend it kinda of includes me also im just saying he would prefer park over pow like me, he just doesnt want to waste his money on having a shitty time
 
Jackson's park is is a perfect way to end a run, as someone above said. I usually lap the tram or gondi and run through the park on the way down. There is really no way to hot lap it, and if you ski it for a couple hours you will be bored. its really nothing special. I wouldn't even bother bringing park skis, I've just been ripping it on my all mtn boards.
 
My and your buddy could not be friends.

Is Jackson Hole your only option? If spending so much money why not pick a mtn you know will have a guaranteed sick park?
 
If you can't enjoy skiing the mountain at jackson hole then you have no soul.

I'm a park rat till the day I die but Jesus fucking christ, go rip some gnarly pow lines once in a while or GTFO.

 
Jackson Hole's not bad, it's definitely a great ski resort. Rendezvous and Apres Vous are definitely an awesome trail. You should definitely explore them.
 
As gato said pretty much all the runs filter back to where the park is except the runs directly below sublette. Last year, The park had a couple decent size jumps (I'd say like 20 to 45ish footers) with 6ish rail features, nothing spectacular but if you're on your way back to the gondola its definitely worth going through.
 
Naw, Jackson Hole ranks among the top of resort for alpine terrain within North America. It'd be the same as someone wanting to ride park in Utah on a 24" blower pow day. You wouldn't get a hooker for a hug.
 
I'm going out to Jackson at around the same time as you. Happy to hear that you won't be tracking up the same terrain as me while I'm out there. Enjoy the park, dude!
 
Gato knows his shit. Also, if it does dump while you're there and you don't wanna deal with the massive amounts of people on a pow day up there, scoot on over to targhee for a day
 
nope, jackson doesnt have no fall zones, bottomless crevasses, sharks with lasers on their heads, or alligator pits underneath the cliffs

determination: not big mountain enough brah
 
Yup. It's not bit mountain enough for you guys. Stay home, or I heard summit county is good.

You stay in the park, I'll enjoy the this snow we've been getting all day.
 
I'll admit this doesn't even look "that bad", but if you go to disneyland to ride roller coasters you'll probably be disappointed comported to 6 Flags. That's my piece I'm out.

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