Best of 2001 – Best New Policy

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After a successful test season (read: very few boneheads needed to be rescued),

Jackson Hole

will continue its new open-gate policy for 2000-01. For decades, locals have been poaching the Europe-worthy terrain beyond Jackson’s ropes. Now five access gates throughout the resort provide a passageway to steeps and powder and cliff-speckled trees.

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