{"id":1795142,"date":"2026-02-26T17:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1795142"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:24:42","slug":"grand-targhee-wy-report-go-fast-stay-warm-find-powder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1795142","title":{"rendered":"Grand Targhee, WY, Report: Go Fast, Stay Warm, Find Powder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fast, cold snow at Grand Targhee. | Photo: Zach Armstrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Report from Friday, February 20, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

The day started out in the low single digits, with the snow noisily squeaking beneath our boots on the walk through the parking lot.<\/strong> It was the kind of cold that you could feel as soon as you took off your gloves, but there was a warmth in the base area coming from all of the skiers excited by the recent storm and the return of winter. After a quick wait for the Dreamcatcher Lift, we headed up to the top of Fred\u2019s Mountain in search of leftover storm snow.<\/p>\n

Still some decent leftovers in some of the hike terrain. | Photo: Zach Armstrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We warmed up with a few laps on the Colter Chair, reveling in the speed of the snow on the groomers.<\/strong> Each turn produced a billowing cloud of ice crystals, which hung in the air kind of like a dust cloud on a mountain bike trail. Brief ventures into the trees yielded a few soft turns, but there was no question that Teton Valley had skied the midweek storm like it was the last of the season.<\/p>\n

Frigid temperatures kept everything nice and soft. | Photo: Zach Armstrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A brief hike lap near the bottom of the Colter Chair brought us to the top of a nice meadow with enough room between tracks to feel your skis float a little bit.<\/strong> Based on those turns, it must have been a pretty incredible powder day. Heading over to the other side of the ski area, we lapped the Blackfoot Chair for a couple of hours, finding fun turns between the trees. Grand Targhee is one of those magical ski areas that can still hold soft snow for days after a storm, especially if you know where to look.<\/p>\n

Grand Targhee Ski Patrol putting in work. | Photo: Zach Armstrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the laps stacked up, the cold slowly worked its way through all of our layers, inviting us to look towards the Apr\u00e8s portion of the day.<\/strong> The Trap Bar in Grand Targhee\u2019s base area may be one of the best ski bars I\u2019ve ever been to. The ambiance is always lively, there\u2019s been a band nearly every time I\u2019ve been in there, and the Targhee Fries always hit the spot after a long day of skiing.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Grand Targhee!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conditions held up nicely all day long. | Photo: Zach Armstrong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Weather and Snowpack<\/h2>\n

24 hour new snow:<\/strong> 0 inches<\/p>\n

Season snowfall:<\/strong> 257 inches<\/p>\n

Base depth:<\/strong> 83 inches<\/p>\n

The next week or two looks dry, according to the ECMWF, but mid-March could bring another visit from Winter. | Image: SpotWx<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fast, cold snow at Grand Targhee. | Photo: Zach Armstrong Report from Friday, February 20, 2026 The day started out in the low single digits, with the snow noisily squeaking beneath our boots on the walk through the parking lot. It was the kind of cold that you could feel as soon as you took […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,267],"class_list":["post-1795142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-snowbrains-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1795142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1795142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1795142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1795142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}