A Summer in Jackson Hole

What do you love about summer? Most people love summer more than any other season. Ski racers don’t feel this way but I thought that today I would let summer have its day in the sun. Summer in Jackson Hole is not the same as summer in most places. Lots of places have had temperatures of above 100 degrees recently and I’m pretty sure last night we had temperatures of about 45. Along with cool temperatures Jackson also has a full array of outdoor activities. Even, if you’re willing to work for it, skiing.

So, all fun and games right? Well summer isn’t quite that simple. Because of Rowmark’s schedule I have to take online classes, which takes up a lot of my time, and on top of that I have summer homework (which I should probably start right?)

Though ski racers don’t ski all summer, they do train all summer. As my coach has told me multiple times “there is no off season.” And so I have been doing dryland training all summer, nearly every day. Of course a lot of that is fun too: trail running, hiking, slacklining, and so on. I also began taking yoga classes, which has been a blast. But the best part of my summer so far has been ski camp. Camps are an important part of all ski racers’ development. I will tell you that I make more improvement at camps than I do in the season—they’re that important.

So with all of these things to do I don’t think summer is long enough. Good thing there’s fall and after that…

.)) Breezy Johnson