Almost 7' of snow

80" in eight days. That is what fell at the JHMR from January 19-January 25.  All of a sudden everyone was smiling (except those trying to fly in or out) and the skiing exploded.  Here is a video from the JHMR that does a good job of explaining what sort of conditions we experienced last week.

Speaking of Flights, this is great news, at long last a direct flight to and from San Francisco (and one from Houston).

This is a nice piece on the Jackson Hole Four Seasons from the Boston Globe.  Plain and simple, it's a really great Hotel.

I'm not sure who at the JHMR gets credit for this ad campaign, but it's really good. Apparently this picture was taken in Colorado.

Canis Lupis, Moose Junction.  Forrest McCarthy took this picture before the recent storms.  As Alfred Hitchcock so astutely noted "there is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."

Unless of course you're caught in a very large avalanche, which this snowboarder was a week ago in Colorado, in which case the terror is very immediate.   It's a pretty good advertisement for BCA's  Float 30 Avalanche Pack .

Real Estate:

There were 12 real estate closings in January 2012.
28 more went under contract during that same period.
Of that 28, 4 were listed for over $1,000,000 and 3 were listed for more than $2,000,000.
11 were listed for under $500,000.
The least expensive was a 2br/1ba 750 sq. ft. condo in the Town of Jackson losted for $109,000
The most expensive was a 4br/4ba 3000sq. ft. house in Teton Village listed for $2,495,000.  Not quite ski in/ski out but pretty close.  Great rental property.

A few notable Closings in January 2012

2br/3ba 1720 sq. ft condo at the Four Seasons Listed for $1,845,000 Closed for $1,615,000 ($938 per sq. ft)
5br/5ba 4000 sq. ft house in Wilson, 3 acres, Bank Owned, Listed for $3,500,000  Closed for $3,400,000.  (It was originally listed for $4,995,000 in 2009).

3br/3ba condo in East jackson, 1900 sq. ft., Bank owned, listed for $380,000  Closed for $373,000.

Pitchers and Catchers report in 3 weeks.  Bring it on!