- Jackson Hole offers one of the lowest skier densities (one skier per one-and-one half acres) of any ski resort in the country. On an average day at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort there are only 1,750 skiers skiing on the 2,500 acres of terrain at the ski area.
- Jackson Hole was originally named Jackson’s Hole for Davey Jackson, a mountain man who trapped in this area during the late 1800’s .”Hole” was a term used in that day to describe a high mountain valley.
- The terrain is considered to be some of the most challenging in North America, both in bounds and out of bounds. Jackson Hole has become the home to many of the world’s best free skiers.
- Corbet’s Coulior is an expert, in-bounds ski slope located at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. It is currently rated #4 on the top fifty things for skiers to do before they die. Corbet’s holds an international reputation among expert skiers, and has been described as “America’s scariest ski slope.” While Jackson Hole ski instructor and mountain guide Barry Corbet first spotted the narrow crease of snow shaped like a funnel, it was Lonnie Ball who first skied it in 1967. It was, however, named after Corbet.
- Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has one of the lowest base elevations of any ski resort area in the Rocky Mountains, at just 6,311 feet. Most other ski resorts in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico have base elevations between 6,900 and 9,500 feet.
