July 4th festivities followed with a fantastic parade given by our employees as well as, face painting and a coloring contest! The wranglers went all out and looked terrific with their all American horses. The bellman entered bicycles and golf carts to join the parade and Colter Bay brought a boat float. Children at the [...]
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21 May
Jackson Lake Lodge Opening Day!
Opening day is finally here for Jackson Lake Lodge, and the timing could not be more perfect. It is a beautiful spring day in Grand Teton National Park. The sun is shining, the wildlife are roaming, the ice and snow have melted from Jackson Lake, and the guests have arrived. Excitement floats in the air as [...]
8 Aug
Colter’s Floatin’ the Snake River
Hi everyone! It’s me Colter Moose and today I’m floatin’ the Snake River with the Grand Teton Lodge Company boatmen. These guys get to cruise the river all day long as their job…and I thought I had it good! Anyway, I’ve heard all about the dinner they put together on the banks of the Snake River, so [...]
29 Jun
Welcome to Recycling
Four sorters, forty trash bags and a bail of cardboard. The day begins for the Grand Teton Lodge Company (GTLC) Recycling Department. “We start out at Jackson Lake Lodge, pick up cardboard from the back dock and the kitchen recycling. The Blue Heron has a bunch of bottles, so we pick up all that,” said Amy Kozlowski, [...]
26 Jun
Welcome to the Jackson Lake Lodge Corrals
At the age of 14, Anna Dominy got her feet wet (well dusty) at the Jackson Lake Lodge Corrals. What began as a love of horses turned into a head position. Her Grandparents worked for the Park Service and Dominy would spend summers in Grand Teton National Park. “My Grandma talked to the old [...]
22 Jun
Welcome to the Butcher Shop
“The Jackson Lake Lodge butcher shop is very unique because it’s one of the last of all of the resorts that still hand cuts all their meat,” said Steve Traughber, Grand Teton Lodge Company (GTLC) Head Butcher. The shop cuts its own wild game, free-range chicken and wild fish, and is capable of making [...]
18 Jun
Welcome to the Grounds
“I love everything about the job. Being outside, the plants, the physical labor, making everything look nice,” said Paula Sharpe, Grand Teton Lodge Company (GTLC) Grounds Crew member. Sharpe joined GTLC 11 year ago and has greatly contributed to the outdoor appearance of our lodges. For the last six years, Sharpe has been charting noxious weed [...]
16 Jun
Introducing… Our Interpretive Specialist
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over civilized peoples are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity, and that Mountain Parks and Reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.” -John Muir 1901 Muir’s words captivate GTLC [...]
15 Jun
Welcome to the Bakery
John Clover comes into work at 4am. As Pastry Chef at GTLC, Clover has an important responsibility: to create delicious baked treats. The bakery produces a huge quantity of goods for Jackson Lake Lodge, Colter Bay Village and Jenny Lake Lodge. “The goal is to be a scratch kitchen,” says Clover. The bakery makes [...]
11 Jun
Introducing… Our Historian
“This is my 31st summer coming to the Tetons and I realize the more I know, the more there is to learn,” says Mary McKinney, GTLC Historian. She is endlessly fascinated by this unique place that carries so much history. “The flowers, animals, mountain names, trails, ranches…it’s like peeling an onion and getting to [...]
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