Dina Mishev

Considering Jackson Hole hikes, Sheep Mountain, in the Gros Ventre Wilderness of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, is at the easy end of difficult. The distance, vertical gain and lack of

It’s far from a wild setting — traffic maintains a steady mumble below on U.S. Highway 191, and buildings and cabins dot views to the south. Still, finding a full-size,

The vert gained when hiking the Cactus to Clouds Trail in Palm Springs, California, is about equal to climbing the Grand Teton one and a half times — 11,000 feet.

This month’s column takes its cue from this winter, which feels like it already has had as many different personalities as there are peaks above 13,000 feet in the Wind

Shopping isn’t usually a sport I cover in this column. Despite how much Mom might have described my attitude toward shopping when I was a teenager, today I’d argue that

Is Sheep Creek Peak, the second-highest mountain in the oft-overlooked Snake River Range, the best hike-to summit around Jackson Hole? I’m happy to hear about other candidates, but after hiking

The hardest part of the hike to Goodwin Lake, a sparkling lake nestled at 9,500 feet on the north side of Jackson Peak in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, is driving

A new hiking trail is always exciting to me. What wildflowers grow along it? Does it offer any fresh views or perspectives of the valley? Will I see any whitebark

In Jackson Hole, there’s no missing the Tetons. The range is unrelentingly in your face, its snaggly summits soaring skyward without so much as a foothill to temper their rise.

Tennis anyone? Opportunities abound to learn, play