Happy New Year: Sharing the Magic of a Streaming Wilderness Wonderland

By Jean O'Grady on December 31, 2016

I needed a “DC detox” so I have spent my holidays in the mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Not turning on the cable news. Not watching tweet streams. I ended 2016 with a “living Christmas Card” experience… taking a two hour dog-sled ride… in sub zero temps..in a snow storm… through the wilderness of the Grand Teton Mountains.

I definitely recommend adding this to your “Must Do List.”

Enjoy 26 seconds of that ride:

Legal Notice Caveat – I want to warn you that the legal notice you are asked to sign is scarier than the ride itself. As I scanned the document I noticed the warning of “run away dog teams.” I assume that the rest of the list included things like: avalanches; unexpected encounters with large stationary objects (boulders, trees); unexpected encounters with large moving objects (snow mobiles, plows); unexpected encounters with wildlife (bears, cougars, wolves), sudden ejection, sled rollover…getting separated from your guide and lost in a blizzard…..helicopter rescue experiences…

Thanks to the Continental Divide Dogsled Adventures musher and guide Billy for a fantastic close to 2016!

Happy New Year! Wishing you a wonderful 2017.