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Source: Jackson Hole’s historic winter got an early boost with this storm on December 15, when crews had to dig out the summit cabin.

By Christmas, I’d traded my old, tattered gloves for burly, warm ones. The sunny-day lens for my goggles remained buried deep in my gear bag. After a seemingly endless string of storm days, it was clear that something special was happening in Jackson Hole. You could feel it in the tramline and in the packed mid-mountain cafeteria. Meanwhile, laundry and dishes piled up at home as my wife and I traded mornings on the tram. We didn’t have a choice. This

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