Jackson Hole is a valley between the Teton Mountain Range and
the Gros Ventre Range in Wyoming. The
term "hole" was used by early trappers or mountain men, who
primarily entered the valley from the north and east and had to descend along
relatively steep slopes, giving the sensation of entering a hole. These
low-lying valleys surrounded by mountains and containing rivers and streams are
good habitat for beaver and
other fur-bearing animals.
Jackson Hole Airport is
the largest and busiest commercial airport in Wyoming.
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-- ski resort = Be careful, it's NOT "ski station"!
-- aerial lift = A cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas the seating compartment in a ski lift) or open chairs are pulled above the ground by means of one or more cables.
-- chair lift = télésiège
-- aerial tram = téléphérique
-- ski slopes = pistes de ski
-- ski runs or just runs = les pistes
-- Backcountry skiing (US), also called off-piste skiing (Europe) or out-of-area, is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas either inside or outside a ski resort's boundaries (limites).
-- alpine skiing
-- ski touring, ski mountaineering= ski de montagne
-- telemark = telemark skiing or teleskiing is a skiing technique that combines elements of Alpine and Nordic skiing. The skier has a "free" heel. It is named after the Telemark region of Norway and the sport was reborn in 1971 in the United States.
I bet you weren't expecting a ski vocabulary lesson during this summer trip to Wyoming!! Now you are prepared for next winter, in the Alps...or perhaps another trip to Wyoming to go skiing!!
My best,
Jane
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-- steep = rising or falling sharply, having a sharp inclination, almost perpendicular
-- slopes = les pentes
-- low lying = at a low altitude
-- beaver =
-- fur-bearing = of animals having fur (the thick coat of soft hair covering the skin of certain animals, like this beaver above.
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