American Alpine Club - Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch

09/15/2023

LAST DAY! The donation period ends at 5pm MST.

Help support the Grand Teton Climbers' Ranch through the Old Bills Fundraiser with Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. This generous program allows all donations to the Climbers' Ranch to earn a 50% matching grant from the foundation.

Your support means everything to us and we can't run the ranch without you!

To donate visit:
https://cfjh.iphiview.com/cfjh/DonorView/DonateNow/tabid/464/Default.aspx

Photo by Leslie Montgomery from the Centennial Celebration of Eleanor Davis on August 27th, 2023.

06/24/2023

Work Week takes place the first week in June! These volunteers work so hard to help us open. You should see the new shed 😆🥳

Many thanks to our local partners that donated prizes to raffle off for our volunteers. Talking about you Teton Mountaineering, Black Diamond, Stio, Snake River Brewery, and Roadhouse Brewing! We so appreciate your support.

Group photo by Jim Price
Other photos by Lauren Montgomery

02/02/2023

Are you looking for a job or a way to supplement your income? Help take care of the Climbers' Ranch this winter! Enjoy the peace and quiet of Grand Teton National Park when it's covered in snow. Reach out if you have any questions and apply online now!

05/18/2022

We need you!

To help inform agency decisions on winter backcountry travel in the Teton Range, Teton Backcountry Alliance, Teton Climbers' Coalition, Winter Wildlands Alliance, American Alpine Club, and Access Fund invite backcountry skiers and climbers to participate in an online survey.

This survey will collect information about future bighorn sheep management, including proposed winter use closures and travel routes in Grand Teton National Park and the surrounding National Forests. Information from respondents will be summarized, available for public review, and submitted as a report to the National Park Service, Forest Service, and Wyoming Fish and Game to inform future management. The identity of all respondents will remain anonymous.

You may access the survey at the following link: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/2f675b03633f48a1a48863c8730dcc19

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05/03/2022

UPDATE: Public comment period extended additional 30 days for bighorn sheep winter habitat protection environmental assessment

MOOSE, WY— The public comment period for the bighorn sheep winter habitat protection environmental assessment has been extended an additional 30 days. The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed actions by June 20, 2022.

“We appreciate the public’s interest in this process,” said Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Chip Jenkins. “We look forward to continuing these conversations together on how best to protect bighorn sheep in the Teton Range, while still providing for winter activities like backcountry skiing.”

Comments must be submitted at https://parkplanning.nps.gov.bighorn_habitat.

The public comment website is not equipped to accept attachments. Should commenters wish to provide an attachment to further demonstrate or support their comment, they should:

First, submit public comment via the website above and clarify that they will also be submitting an attachment to be included with their comment.

All attachments should be emailed to [email protected].

Ensure they are using the same name and email address used for their online public comment so the attachment will be associated with the corresponding comment.

Note that emailed attachments without public comments submitted to the website above will not be accepted.

From the original announcement:
April 20, 2022

Grand Teton National Park is developing an environmental assessment to consider implementing additional management strategies to protect bighorn sheep winter habitat within the park. The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed actions by May 20, 2022.

Bighorn sheep have occupied the Teton Mountain Range for thousands of years, but today this native population is small, isolated from other nearby populations, and at risk of local extinction. Since the 1990s, management of the herd and its habitat has been coordinated between Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and Caribou-Targhee National Forest, as the Teton Range Bighorn Sheep Working Group. The Working Group identified bighorn sheep population threats from habitat loss, disease, non-native mountain goats, and disturbance from backcountry winter recreation.

In an ongoing effort to conserve and protect the bighorn sheep within Grand Teton National Park, the park is proposing additional actions beyond the current 2019 Mountain Goat Management Plan implementation. Based on emerging science, recommendations from the Teton Range Bighorn Sheep Working Group, and changing conditions on the ground, the National Park Service is considering other visitor and resource management actions to conserve this small, native population of bighorn sheep within the park, while providing backcountry winter recreation opportunities.

Alternatives will consider visitor management and education strategies for protection of bighorn sheep as recommended by the Teton Range Bighorn Sheep Working Group, including increased public outreach and education, signage, enhanced monitoring of both bighorn sheep and recreational use, new or expanded winter closures in specific areas, and designated travel routes, among other actions. Action is needed at this time to address emerging issues related to increases in winter backcountry visitor use patterns in winter bighorn sheep habitat and the new and growing body of research that demonstrates that winter recreation can disturb and harm wintering ungulates, including bighorn sheep. The primary aim is to provide secure winter habitat for bighorn sheep so they can spend the winter in disturbance free zones, while also providing backcountry winter recreation opportunities.

At this time, during the scoping period, the National Park Service seeks input from the public on the components of these strategies.

A scoping newsletter and other information is available at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/bighorn_habitat. A copy of the newsletter and additional information can be downloaded through this website and comments can be provided electronically online

04/20/2022

Reservations are open!! Come visit us and book your summer 2022 stay today.

If you are in Grand Teton National Park this week, please remember:

"The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Snake Field Office, is temporarily closing the Teton Park Road across the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park on Thursday, April 21, from 9 to 11 a.m. to perform crane work on the dam."

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04/07/2022

HIRING announcement! We're on the search for Rumney Campground staff. Housing is included during the season.

www.americanalpineclub.org/jobs (apply via email).

01/18/2022

We're hiring!

The American Alpine Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our vision is a united community of competent climbers and healthy climbing landscapes.

09/06/2021

A beautiful morning at the Climbers' Ranch! Today, we are excited to host a group of veteran athletes with Paradox Sports. Check them out for inspiration :) they're climbing the Grand Teton this week!

08/16/2021

The Climbers’ Ranch is participating, for the 13th year, in the fundraising and matching grants program of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole. This generous program, Old Bill's Fun Run, allows all donations to the Climbers’ Ranch to earn a 50% matching grant from the Foundation. For example, if you donate $100, the Foundation matches half of that, that is, $50. So, the Climbers’ Ranch receives $150!

As fall approaches and the Climbers’ Ranch 2021 season begins to come to a close we celebrate another year in the books. In a way, it feels like a particularly special year. In 2020, as the world shuttered faced with a global epidemic and sn*******ng uncertainties, our community rose and supported the Ranch through our first shutdown since the fires in 1985. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you. Your kind words of understanding, your many dozens of handwritten letters and emails, your donations, and your return in 2021 has shown us the love!

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In 2020, the National Park Service installed new water lines (removing the old pump) and a brand new septic system throughout the Climbers’ Ranch. While much of the vegetation in the central area of the Ranch was destroyed, the Park Service and GTCR staff have worked carefully to restore pathways and continue to promote regrowth of native species.

This year’s Work Week brought together nearly forty community members. We spruced, weeded, painted, built railings, installed fire barriers, serviced bikes, jammed out to music, and much more. The fantastic turnout, and what may have felt like a slightly more grueling pace than normal, managed to tick off both 2020 and 2021 repair needs! As always, 2022 will bring a host of new projects and needs including a multi-year accessibility plan.

The AAC is able to maintain and improve the historic structures of the Climbers’ Ranch through the support of community members like yourself. No gift is too small and all donations go directly toward the Climbers’ Ranch. We couldn’t do it without you.

All donations must be received by the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole by the end of Friday, September 17, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. mountain time. Please donate now.

08/07/2021

Please help us keep an eye out for clues!

No new information has been reported about missing 27-year-old hiker Cian McLaughlin. The park continues to request any information the public may have that may aid in locating McLaughlin.

He was last seen in the late afternoon/early evening on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on the south side of the Bradley/Taggart Moraine, headed south towards Taggart Lake.
An updated missing person flyer is being posted with McLaughlin’s photo and items he was last known to be carrying.

Anyone with information regarding McLaughlin’s whereabouts is urged to contact the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch:
☎️ Call or text the tip line: 888-653-0009
🌎 Online: www.nps.gov/ISB and click “Submit a Tip”
📧 Email: [email protected]

For the latest update (June 23) and historic media releases, please visit: https://go.nps.gov/1cah3o

04/01/2021

We are now accepting reservations for
June 12 - September 12, 2021!