Roughly a dozen Game Creek residents packed the Teton County Board of County Commissioners’ chambers Monday to ask for clarity as to who is responsible for Squaw Creek Road.
UPDATE, 5:23 p.m.: As quickly as it began, the fire whose smoke dominated the skyline near Jackson Hole Mountain Resort this afternoon has been put out. Resort spokeswoman Anna Cole told the News&Guide the blaze had been extinguished, putting an end to one of the more dangerous Gaper Day moments in recent memory.
ORIGINAL STORY, 5:16 P.M.: There is a fire burning at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, about an hour after the lifts stopped spinning for Gaper Day 2021.
Resort spokeswoman Anna Cole told the News&Guide that a stand of downed trees was burning near the Sundance run under the Bridger Gondola shortly after 5 p.m., and pictures from the scene showed a plume of smoke rising from that area.