My college xc teammates and I are looking at planning a preseason training trip for pretty much the whole month of August. We are interested in going to Jackson, Wyoming.
Does anyone on here know of any cheap cabins that we could rent for the month around Jackson? We are not looking for anything fancy. Basically something to house five or six guys...an outhouse is even ok for the crapper. We want to run and see the sights all while having fun.
Ok, I should have clarified something before. We have searched some on google, but all we find is the $100 a night luxury cabins everywhere we look. I am posting on here to see if anyone has or knows someone who owns a "shack" that they'd be willing to rent out to us.
speedster wrote:
We have searched some on google, but all we find is the $100 a night luxury cabins everywhere we look. I am posting on here to see if anyone has or knows someone who owns a \"shack\" that they\'d be willing to rent out to us.
Maybe you don\'t know much about Jackson, WY. There are no \"shacks\" for rent in Jackson. In fact, there are no shacks there, period.
The ski bums and diner workers live in Driggs, ID (although that place is getting expensive now too) or other towns a bit further away.
If you really desire some roughing it, do a search for Forest Service rental cabins - like these:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin/?page=recreation/sites/cabinsSorry they are a little over $100 a night.
Thanks for your point in the right direction.
bring a tent and sleep in gros vente you can stay there for free and i'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find some place to sneak showers somewhere around jackson if you look hard enough, gros vente is miles and miles of a beautiful meadowy area right in the jackson area, you will undoubtedly see elk, and you will wake up to views of the tetons every morning
The American Alpine Club operates the Climbers Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. Non-private bunkhouses, communal cooking (optional), hot showers. $12 per person per night for non-AAC members. The Climbers Ranch is ideally situated for GTNP, but is not easy walking distance from the town of Jackson.
http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/90
The Hatchet campground on Bridger-Teton National Forest is situated at the foot of one of the most spectacular dirt roads I've ever run on. Again, not walking distance from Jackson. If one of your party has a YMCA "away" membership, you could probably make a trip into Jackson for showers every second or third day. All food in campgrounds on the B-TNF has to be in bearproof storage.
http://www.fs.fed.us/btnf/teton/camping/buffalo_cg_details.shtml#hatchet_campground
The earlier posters are correct, what you're looking for is not readily available and affordable around Jackson. You might check out the towns of Alpine, Wyoming, West Yellowstone, Montana, or Dillon, Montana instead. Even then a private KOA-type of campground might be your best option.
The town of Dubois, WY. Near Wind River Range. Beautiful.
i ran through Dubois, Jackson, Driggs and so on... on my trans-con trek in '03. I could put you in touch with a super guy in Jackson who runs ultras. He got housing for my friend and i for a few days in a vacant apartment right in downtown jackson. i'm sure it wouldn't be vacant anymore, but he knew everyone in the local running/outdoor community and i bet he could give you some local leads on where to stay...if not know of a vacant ski apartment you guys could rent.
drop me an e-mail and i'll send you his contact info.
i went there a few years ago, there wouldnt be any long term places to stay in jackson. look somewhere farther out, i stayed at a ranch for a week but there may be other long term places
You should contact Pam Reed. Supposedly she has a nice place in the area. Maybe she can give you some running tips. She's a big cheapskate, so you might have to become her love slave to stay there. Yummy.