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At Four Seasons, you enjoy a unique vantage point from which to explore the sights, sounds and experiences around you. We hope the highlights of local attractions below help simplify your planning. Please let us know how else we can assist you. Attractions on this page Art galleries
Center Street Gallery
Specialising in modern and contemporary art, Center Street Gallery focuses on original paintings and sculpture depicting a variety of subject matter. The Gallery represents approximately 30 nationally and internationally recognised artists, with styles including American modernism and abstract expressionism.
Offering representational and impressionist art for over 18 years, the Legacy Gallery represents over 60 nationally known and up-and-coming artists. The gallery specialises in paintings and sculpture depicting a variety of subject matter, including Western, figurative, wildlife, landscape and still life. Works by deceased 19th and 20th century artists are also presented. Staff are on hand to advise on placing fine art, including life-size bronze sculptures, in home, garden or corporate settings.
Mountain Trails Gallery
Mountain Trails Gallery offers a mix of traditional Western and contemporary New West genres, including landscape, wildlife, plein-air, impressionist and bronze fine art, in 3,500 square feet (325 square metres) of gallery space.
Trailside Galleries represents a number of North America's premier Western artists. A wide range of genres is presented, including landscape, Native American, cowboy, wildlife and Southwestern. Mediums include oil and watercolour paintings, gouache, bronze and woodcarving. A selection of limited edition, high-quality prints – including many artist proof (AP) prints, signed and numbered by the artist – is offered.
Attractions Grand Teton National Park is famous for the saw-toothed peaks and broad canyons of the Teton Range. This is a 40 mile (65 kilometre) long, seven to nine mile (11 to 14.5 kilometre) wide mountain block. Grand Teton, the highest peak, towers more than a mile above the valley of Jackson Hole, rising to 13,770 feet (4,198 metres). Twelve other mountains in the range rise over 12,000 feet (3,658 metres). Approximately 50 miles (80 kilometres) of Snake River lie within Grand Teton National Park, forming the headwaters of the extensive Columbia River system. Also within the park are seven glacial lakes and more than one hundred alpine and backcountry lakes. The park is open to the public from May through October.
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In Grand Teton National Park, Jenny Lake and Jackson Lake are particularly popular for hiking, canoeing, boating, swimming and fishing. South Jenny Lake is considered to be the most popular hiking area in the entire park. There is also a Jenny Lake Scenic Drive.
The Jackson Elk Herd, the largest elk herd in the world, has a population of approximately 14,000 – more than 7,500 of which spend the winter on the 25,000-acre (10,120-hectare) National Elk Refuge. Located 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Jackson, on the flat meadows surrounding the Gros Ventre River, the National Elk Refuge operates a supplemental feeding programme for the elk to help them survive the winter without raiding the farmers' haystacks. Horse-drawn sleigh rides among the elk are available mid-December through March. Hours vary seasonally.
A float trip on the Snake River is one of the best ways to see Grand Teton National Park’s wildlife. The river is a mix of raging whitewater for some of the best rafting in the United States, and gentle currents for scenic floats through meadows of wildflowers and wildlife sanctuaries. Fly fishing opportunities abound, for trout and whitefish.
Yellowstone National Park is America's oldest and foremost National Park. Encompassing 2.2 million acres, it boasts more geysers than anywhere else on the globe. It has 250 active geysers out of a total of 10,000 geothermal features, including the world-renowned Old Faithful. Yellowstone's Grand Canyon is 1,200 feet (366 metres) deep and highlighted by the powerful Upper Falls. Its mountain-range wilderness is a refuge for wildlife such as grizzly bear, elk, bald eagles, American bison, moose and wolf. The park is open to the public from mid-April through November; and from mid-December through mid-March for over-snow vehicles.
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Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center
On the western boundary of Yellowstone National Park, the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana is a not-for-profit bear and wolf preserve that provides visitors with a unique opportunity to learn about, view and ultimately appreciate the grizzly bear and grey wolf.
Museums The National Museum of Wildlife Art boasts some of the best wildlife art in the country. Featured artists among its collection of some 2,000 paintings, sculptures, photographs and works on paper include John J. Audubon, Robert Bateman, Pablo Picasso and renowned local artist Carl Runguis. The museum strives to enrich and inspire man's relationship with nature by focusing its exhibitions and programmes on wildlife. Located just 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Jackson, the museum sits on a hillside overlooking the 20,000-acre (8,000-hectare) National Elk Refuge.
In downtown Jackson, the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum is a repository of early photographs and other items of historical significance, such as trade beads, antique furniture, pistols and Indian artefacts. The Museum is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Shopping Shopping in Jackson offers an appealing mix of exclusive boutiques, outdoor stores and shops that highlight Jackson Hole's Old West heritage – from exotic food products, such as buffalo meat and huckleberry sauce, to artwork that ranges from Western and wildlife themes to Native American and contemporary art. You can also explore Jackson's many galleries and boutiques. The town boasts over 35 art galleries and is considered third in the country as a Western art centre.
Teton Village is just steps away from the hotel and offers great places to shop for top-of-the-line ski and snowboard gear, outerwear and accessories.
Sporting/Concert venues
Center for the Arts
The Center for the Arts is a growing art centre campus in downtown Jackson. The Performing Arts Pavilion hosts theatrical and musical events in its 500-seat theatre and music centre. For more information on current events and exhibits visit the web site or contact our Concierge.
For action-packed fun in the summer, there's nothing like the rodeo – it's one of the West's favourite events. The Jackson Hole Rodeo is noted for its fine stock. Because it's smaller than rodeos in other parts of the state, it has been able to maintain its "anyone who has the gumption can do it" attitude. Come out and enjoy barrel racing, calf roping, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding and Just For Kids events.
The intimate 740-seat Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village is acclaimed for its acoustics, and is home to the nationally recognised Grand Teton Music Festival. From June through August, the Festival Orchestra performs at more than 40 concerts, from full orchestra to chamber music, a spotlight on unique musical themes, family and children’s concerts. From January through March, a programme of Winter Concert Series and Lectures is offered.
Theatre/Performing arts In the old days on the cattle drive, the cowboys would spend the evening telling tall tales and enjoying music at the chuckwagon. Now, you can experience the spirit of the old West too – after a long day, stop in at the Bar J Chuckwagon supper and western show for old-style Western hospitality. Bar J is a working cattle ranch complete with delicious food and family entertainment in an atmosphere of bygone days.
The Grand Teton Music Festival aims to enhance everyone's enjoyment and appreciation of classical music. On Friday mornings at 10:00 am, you can attend the final rehearsal before the weekend concerts. In the evenings, enjoy concerts given by popular artists. The Grand Teton Music Festival runs during the summer months.
Historical Jackson Hole Playhouse
The Jackson Hole Playhouse has had a chequered career. Built in 1916, it served as a car dealership, bowling alley and billiard hall before it became the Pink Garter Theatre in the 1950s and, finally, the Jackson Hole Playhouse. Diamond Lil performed there, and so have many other famous performers over the years, from Rock Hudson to Olivia Newton John. You'll see such Broadway musical favourites as Oklahoma, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Sound of Music and Paint Your Wagon. Come and enjoy a rowdy Western good time! Open June through September.
Enjoy year-round professional theatre in Jackson Hole, with the Off Square Theatre Company. It presents quality theatre and theatre education for children and adults, locals and visitors, theatre professionals and non-professionals alike. You'll be informed, amused and challenged. Past productions have included Oliver! and the Why Be Blue Musical Cabaret.
Come watch a re-enactment of frontier justice in the Jackson Town Square. This is the longest running shoot-out in the country!
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