Early Season Snow in Jackson Hole with Hadley Hammer
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Hadley Hammer takes a time lapse as we ascent through the clouds on the Jackson Hole tram on October 6, 2016.

“Knee Deep,” was the report Hadley gave us just before she threw a snowball our way.
Photo: Monica Purington

Jeans were a bad choice for Miss Hammer.

Typically when standing on a snow covered tram dock at Jackson Hole it means 100 people are rushing out to the top of Rendezvous Bowl. Today, in early October, just a few children played in the 17″ of fresh. Oh, and of course we did too.

She just had to.
Photo: Monica Purington