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Twelve miles south of Grand Targhee, head east on Route 22 and up over Teton Pass. (It’s a slow and winding drive in winter months, but relatively well traveled.) Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is famous for its vertical drop – the longest continuous drop in the U.S., at 4,139 feet – but you don’t have to ride the lifts to take in the awesome beauty of the mountains that ring this little valley. Try a cross-country ski tour through Grand Teton National Park, the doorstep of which is just a 10-minute drive from Jackson Hole. The Teton Range, a 40-mile long, nine- to 11-mile wide mountain block, runs through the park, while the 13,772-foot Grand Teton peak, the highest in the range, rises more than a mile from the valley floor. Fifty miles of the Snake River, seven glacial lakes and more than 100 alpine lakes lie within park boundaries as well. Is solitude and a glittering sunrise over new snow what you’re after? Rock Springs Yurt, in Bridger-Teton National Forest (the largest national forest in the lower 48 states), sleeps up to eight people and is stocked with a wood-burning stove, sleeping bags, gourmet meals and other niceties. The yurt is accessible from the top of the aerial tram or via a one- to two-hour trek/ski from the base of the mountain.