Jackson Hole
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Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
Jackson Hole publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · · .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the summit and the base. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
2025–26 season · artist not stated
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
Getting there
Jackson Hole (JAC) 29 min · Bozeman Yellowstone International (BZN) 4 h 12 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
Ikon (7 days), Mountain Collective (2 days)Ikon (7 days), Mountain Collective (2 days)
- Ikon Pass7 days7 days on the full Ikon Pass only; not included on Ikon Base Pass or Ikon Session Pass; lift reservations required for all Ikon passholders; for Winter 2025/26 the resort published access windows (Nov. 28 - Dec. 18, Jan. 5 - 16, Jan. 20 - Feb. 11, Mar. 16 - Apr. 12) rather than simple blackout dates.source
- Mountain Collective2 days2 days included (source also mentions the option of a third day); no blackout dates; reservations required for specific dates.source
Rankings
16 — #3 lift vert.16 — #3 lift vert., #7 longest run, #22 fly-in drive in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#38 of 341 U.S. · #2 in Wyoming
- Highest lift-served elevation#36 of 471 U.S. · #2 in Wyoming
- Base elevation#92 of 316 U.S. · #6 in Wyoming
- Advertised vertical drop#5 of 388 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Lift-served vertical#3 of 304 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Skiable acres#25 of 316 U.S. · #2 in Wyoming
- Named trails#23 of 347 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Longest run#7 of 177 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Advanced + expert terrain#22 of 202 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Beginner runs#67 of 202 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Total lifts#38 of 479 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Uphill capacity#24 of 72 U.S.
- Average annual snowfall#13 of 252 U.S. · #3 in Wyoming
- Drive from the fly-in airport#22 of 504 U.S. · #1 in Wyoming
- Drive from nearest major airport#460 of 504 U.S. · #7 in Wyoming
- Drive from closest airline airport#68 of 506 U.S. · #3 in Wyoming