The weather changes rapidly in the mountainous area here in Jackson Hole and over the Tetons and Salt River Range in Alpine just thirty five miles to the southwest where Cowboy Up has their tow operation. As I travel around the world I find that the locals think that their weather changes all the time, and in most cases I have found this not to be true. I usually find the local weather to be very predictable. But here I've found changeable weather at least over the last few days.

On Thursday, lots of clouds and virga over at Alpine in the morning, but by noon, all clear through 3:30 PM, when the clouds returned and there was a small bit of rain in Wilson west of Jackson. Friday, totally thick overcast in the morning, steady rain while I was out biking around 8:30 AM, then around noon it all clears up and we get mixed clouds all afternoon and clear in the evening.

Saturday, mixed clouds with good lift at Alpine all day. The winds were 2-3 mph in the valley, but you could see the clouds coming out of the west at 10-15 mph with hand of god sink in between the lift. Sunday, rain clouds and virga mixed with sunshine in the morning with light winds. Then it cleared up in the afternoon with winds 10 mph out of the southwest, with no lift and rain in Wilson, which cleared and the sun shone all the rest of the afternoon.

You gotta go out, set up, see what you get.

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