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The Stoke Room — Photo Gallery Line of the Year Hostel Turns 50 Dick’s Ditch Namesake Dick Porter Profile Teton Adaptive Sports Doug Coombs Foundation Pepi Stiegler Fund Alpenhof Placed on National Historic Register Mangy Moose Turns 50 FIS World Cup Sees Homegrown Racers Triple Crown, Jackson Hole Ski Club Halls of Fame Induct New Members — • Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club’s next 10 • Intermountain Ski HOF Inducts Harry Baxter Young Freeski Champs Emerging Snomaggedon — The Historic Winter of 2016/17
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Contributing Photographers Jay Goodrich Nic Alegre Rich Goodwin Jeff Annetts Tony Harrington Rick Armstrong Danny Holland David Bowers Lance Koudele Jeff Buydos Norm Larson Jimmy Chin Nancy Leon David Cleeland Fredrik Marmsater Cody Downard Emmitt McLaughlin Wade Dunstan Wade McKoy Steven Earl Josh Metten Chris Figenshau Carson Meyer Mark Fisher
Contributing Writers Sandra Keats Kieth Benefiel Dr. Andrew Bullington Julie Kukral Mary Woodall Lowell Jeff Burke Brigid Mander Mike Calabrese Wade McKoy Kieth Cozzens Blair Pendleton Matt Hansen Lanny Johnson, PA Joseph Piccoli
Bobbi Miller Brian Nevins Jonathan Selkowitz Eric Seymour Frank Shine John Slaughter Garret Smith Mike Stoner David Stubbs Txema Trul Greg Von Doersten Bob Woodall Melissa Thomasma Lisa Van Sciver Neil Stebbins Emma Walker Bob Woodall Jim Woodmencey