Alpine House

We are “The Skier’s Lodge”!

alpinehouse — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:17:14 +0000

Read about Jackson Hole and The Alpine House in the Denver magazine 5280.

http://www.5280.com/magazine/2012/12/beyond-ropes?page=0%2C2

And USA Today.

alpinehouse — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:50:25 +0000

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2FLIFE%2Fusaedition%2F2012-04-20-10-great-places-to-check-into-an-ecolodge_ST_U.htm&h=WAQH5hDok

The Alpine House in the Denver Post!

alpinehouse — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:39:31 +0000

http://www.denverpost.com/travel/ci_20919266/jackson-wyo-offers-outdoor-appeal-year-round

Closed for Mud Season!

alpinehouse — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:04:59 +0000

The Alpine House will be closed for the month of April. They call it ‘Mud Season’ around here, but Wyoming don’t know mud. I grew up in Vermont, and they know mud. Driving the dirt roads, (and they are all dirt roads), becomes a fight for survival, and getting your car out of stuck mud is a filthy acquired art. Shove things under the tires, anything. Rocks, pieces of scrap wood, books, beer cans, your little sister’s coat, your little sister. If you are unlucky enough to be the pusher rather than the driver, push only from the side, because said objects which have been shoved under tires become lethal projectiles once spit out the back of madly spinning tires. Even from the side, you will become encased in splattered mud, which some people pay good money for at expensive posh spas. So, yes, getting stuck in the mud is good for your skin. And good for your soul, because of the inevitable uncontrollable laughter. I guess I wish Wyoming knew mud. I’d go for a drive.

We’re #2 and we try harder.

alpinehouse — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:00:14 +0000

http://www.shermanstravel.com/top_tens/budget_ski_hotels/the_alpine_house,_jackson_hole/

Check it out. We are excited to have been named second on the Top 10 List of Budget Ski Hotels in the U.S.! Too bad I was too busy cooking to send them the pictures they requested, which has also seriously cut in to my blogging time. But we’re psyched, even without the photos. Come ski with us.

18″ and still snowing:)

alpinehouse — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:40:30 +0000

We have received 18″ of new powder in the past 24 hours, and there is no end in sight. Forecasters are calling for 18″ more in the next 24 hours, and snow, snow, snow in the next few days to come. We have the best snow in the country, and we are willing to share. Come ski Jackson Hole!

The Alpine House featured in N.Y. Times new book

alpinehouse — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:24:06 +0000

The Alpine House is proud to be featured in

The N.Y. Times 36 Hours;

150 Weekends in the USA & Canada

http://www.taschen.com/36hours

Women’s Adventure Magazine features The Alpine House and Exum Mountain Guides

alpinehouse — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:18:47 +0000

Gone Fishin’.

alpinehouse — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:47:44 +0000

The Alpine House will be closed for the off-season beginning November 1. We will re-open for the ski season on December 9. The office will be open during this time to answer your questions or make reservations. Office hours will be 10AM to 3PM Monday through Friday, Mountain Standard Time. You are welcome to leave a message at any time and we will get back to you as soon as possible. You can also e-mail us at info@alpinehouse.com, as well as book on-line through this website.

We look forward to seeing you when the snow flies!

Plumbing 101

alpinehouse — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:36:28 +0000

If you want to be an innkeeper you should first become a plumber. We own 34 toilets, 29 bathtubs, a hundred thousand miles of water pipes, a gazillion kilometers of plastic tubing woven throughout our floor, 22 faucets made in the former East Germany with replacement parts also formerly made, and a fire suppression system which doubles as a communal shower for everyone in the building when Room #121 decides it would be romantic to light multiple large, vanilla-scented candles in their room for their 24th anniversary. This must be the Sheets On Fire Anniversary, which makes surviving to your 25 year Diamond Anniversary quite an accomplishment.

I am not a plumber, but have become a hell of a plunger. I have a completely worthless degree for this business in Gym Teacher with a Master’s in Nutrition, which actually does come in handy when I am eating fists full of cookie dough, which only means I am smart enough to know better.

There are far too many plumbing related topics to cover in one puny blog post. Today, I will cover Water Pouring Through Ceilings, because that is what is happening as we speak. Toilets Overflowing and Creepy Tales From the Crawlspace will have to be covered at a later date.

You may ask, if water is pouring through the ceiling, why in the world is she at her desk, blogging? Since I am not a plumber, I have done all I can do. I placed a bucket under said leak, called the plumber, and can now sit around and act like nothing is really happening. (Acting non-chalant in this business is very important, even when drunks are throwing the dining room furniture.)

Today’s dripping is minor compared to the time it came pouring through the ceiling in the bar while we were hosting a photography workshop. There were about fifteen people sitting in the bar, all with very expensive photographic equipment, slide projectors, computers and cocktails when the wave hit. I ran upstairs to check the guestroom above the bar. I could hear singing in the shower, and sloshing. The gentleman in the room had left the shower curtain out, and had slpashed about like a water buffalo until there was six inches of water on the floor.

Since that day, we have posted the following instructions next to all the tubs, which is required reading before showering because you will be tested.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/01/08/070108sh_shouts_frazier?currentPage=all