Skiing at Grand Targhee Ski Resort in Alta, Wyoming is at it’s peak right now–fresh powder and sunshine go together–this photo was taken from State Line Road in Alta, Wyoming on January 11, 2010.  Properties are available with these views.  Call Kathy Runyan at 208-351-3706 for details.

The Dean Family

The Deans from Iowa arrived last weekend for their first visit to Grand Targhee.  Unfamiliar with the Tetons and the meaning of the word, Mr. Grant Dean described their skiing experience  as the “Breast mountains we’ve ever skied!”

January 3rd and 4th proved sunny and snowy at Grand Targhee Ski Resort.  The fresh powder is way deep and the skiers are plentiful.  Did you know that Grand Targhee has some of the best powder skiing in the world?

No matter how deep the snow, the cattle still need to be fed.  Chris Runyan and Robert Piquet hitch up a pair of Percherons  to a haysled daily to feed the Piquet’s cattle herd .  “Amos” and “Andy” arrived in Driggs direct from the Amish country at the ripe old age of 2.  They have been pulling for 3 years now and are patiently teaching “Magic” and “Winston” , two shires belonging to Jim and Alysia Gosnell, the art of pulling. It’s a slow process.  First the 2-year old Shires are laden with all their harness daily so they can adjust to it.  Then they are hitched to the back of the haysled to get the feel of walking side by side with cattle running at them from all directions.   This step alone is done for weeks.

Winston has already  graduated to being harnessed next to Andy and actually pulling —Magic is soon to follow.