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Skiing toward success.


For the third consecutive season, skiers and snowboarders at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Just 12 miles northwest of Jackson, Wyoming is the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort at Teton Village, Wyoming. It is named after the Jackson Hole valley. The region is served by the Jackson Hole Airport.

The ski area comprises two mountains, Apres Vous and Rendezvous.
 will be able to help restore a wildfire-scorched area while enjoying time outdoors. Donations to Jackson Hole's Green Season Pass program support the planting of indigenous white-bark pine in the Targhee National Forest near Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c. . The goal is to restore an area devastated dev·as·tate  
tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.

2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
 in 1998's North Fork North Fork, river, c.100 mi (160 km) long, rising in the Ozarks, S Mo., and flowing S, into N Ark., to the White River. Near its mouth is Norfolk Dam (completed 1944), which impounds Norfolk Lake and has a power plant.  Fire. In recognition of their support, participants are given a unique lanyard for holding their season lift pass.

Jackson Hole was the first U.S. resort to partner with AMERICAN FORESTS, and officials there say the response has been impressive. The hope is that the Targhee project will be completely funded by the end of the season, in which case a new project will be selected for skier's and riders' contributions.
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Title Annotation:News from the world of Trees; Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Publication:American Forests
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2006
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