The way to the Teton Pines Nordic Center has always started with a short walk. You follow a plowed path around the east side of the Teton Pines Country Club clubhouse, and the ski rack and Nordic entrance are on the south side of the building. The Nordic Center describes its home as "the golf pro shop in the Teton Pines Country Club clubhouse." Rentals, trail passes, lesson bookings and the ski shop all run out of that room, at 3450 Clubhouse Drive in Wilson.
This winter the room matters more than usual. The Pines expects to start renovating the clubhouse in December, and the plan includes enclosing the golf pro shop. The Nordic season usually opens around December 1. If you live in Teton Pines, The Aspens or anywhere along the Moose-Wilson Road, the trails on the golf course and the building you enter them from are on the same calendar this year.
What the Renovation Touches
On Oct. 26, the Teton County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the Pines' plan, which adds 11,992 square feet to the existing 28,304-square-foot clubhouse, according to the Jackson Hole News&Guide. The Planning Commission only makes recommendations. County commissioners make the final decision and are scheduled to take up the application Nov. 17.
General manager Todd Bretzlaff explained the reason for the project to the News&Guide:
"It's basically a 40-year building. We wanted to update and upgrade the club overall, so that we're ready for the next generation of membership."
Bretzlaff described the work in the same story. The front of the building moves forward about 20 feet to upgrade the "tunnel" at the entrance. The golf pro shop gets enclosed. The club adds more dining space, a second kitchen line, a card room and a large fireplace, and the entry is regraded so guests no longer climb stairs to get in. The front of the building, the entry grade and the pro shop are the parts of the clubhouse a Nordic skier walks past or into.
This is the third and final phase of an upgrade the Pines started in 2021. The earlier phases brought golf course renovations, a heated lap pool and deck, a year-round hot tub, upgraded pickleball courts and, this spring, the new Pines Overlook building, a wellness center and gym with a kitchen, poolside bar and dining patio. Bretzlaff told the News&Guide that Pines Overlook will serve as the clubhouse during construction.
The Calendar, Side by Side
If you put the construction schedule and the ski season on one calendar, they overlap for at least two winters.
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Oct. 26 | Planning Commission unanimously recommends the clubhouse plan |
| Nov. 17 | County commissioners scheduled to consider the application |
| Around Dec. 1 | Usual snow-dependent start of the Nordic season |
| December | Expected construction start, if the county approves |
| Around March 20 | Usual end of the Nordic season |
| August 2028 | Expected completion of the clubhouse project |
An August 2028 finish puts the 2026-27 and 2027-28 ski seasons inside the construction window. The Nordic Center's winter hours have been 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, usually closed Christmas Day. Its winter phone line is the quickest way to find out where to pick up a pass or rental skis on any given morning: (307) 732-4130. The Nordic Center asks people to call to book lessons and says it often doesn't see emails until the next business day.
What the Pines Track Is Worth Planning Around
The case for the Pines trails is the terrain. The Nordic Center grooms 16 km for both classic and skate skiing every day, on rolling terrain across the Teton Pines Golf Course. The JH Nordic regional guide describes the network as a series of easy-to-intermediate loops with wooden bridges and views from the Grand Teton in the north to Buck Mountain, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Teton Pass and the Snake River Range to the south. The center sits about 4 miles south of the resort and about 10 minutes from the Town Square.
The most recent rate sheet on the Nordic Center's website is labeled for the 2025-26 season. It listed:
- Day passes: $28 for adults, $25 for seniors 65 and older, $20 for children 6 to 11, and free for children under 6
- Season passes: $299 for adults or seniors, $199 for children under 12, and $699 for families
- Punch cards: 5-visit and 10-visit cards from $115 to $240
- On-site rentals: $40 for an adult classic package, $30 for a child classic package, and $50 for an adult skate package
Those were last winter's prices. The shop also rents metal-edged backcountry gear for days in Grand Teton National Park, and that service depends on where the shop is operating, the same as the track passes.
The Groomed Track Around It
Several other groomed West Bank trails are short drives from the Pines, and two of them are free. If the Pines entrance changes this winter, these work as backups. On a dry stretch between grooming days at any one system, they also add variety.
- Stilson Loop and Wilson Centennial Trail. The Stilson Loop is a short, easy loop of about 3 km per lap, next to the Stilson Lot in the southeast corner of the Wilson Meadows. Teton County Parks and Recreation grooms it about twice a week. You park along the north edge of the lot at the Village Road Transit Center, 1455 Beckley Park Way. The trail page lists it as free, with donations appreciated, and groomed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Teton Village Trail. The Teton Village Association sponsors this route. It runs from Teton Village north to the end of the bike path and south to the Lake Creek bridge, about 12 km if you ski all of it in both directions. It's open to skiers, fat bikers, runners, walkers and leashed dogs. It's free, and the trail page says grooming is planned three days a week.
- Gray Meadow Trail. This is a 3 km-plus meadow loop starting at the Village, run as a partnership between Snake River Ranch and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, with wide views to the north. JHMR grooms both the Gray Meadow and Village trails, and parking in the Ranch Lot on Granite Loop Road is free after 1 p.m.
- Trail Creek Nordic. The Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club runs this facility in Wilson and says it is open to community members for $20 a day. JH Nordic describes its classic and skate trails as groomed daily.
Trail Creek and the Pines are the two daily-groomed classic and skate systems on this list, and last season's posted adult day rates put them $8 apart, at $28 for the Pines and $20 for Trail Creek. Shooting Star Nordic Track, also in Teton Village, is a private facility for members, guests and season-pass holders, and it doesn't sell daily passes. All of these open with the snow, so the first groomed day depends on the weather.
If Your Ski Partner Has Four Legs
The Pines track stopped working for dog owners before the construction schedule came up. The Nordic Center's homepage says dogs are no longer allowed on its trails, a change it made for the 2025-26 season. The Teton Village Trail is the closest groomed route on this list that welcomes leashed dogs. It runs about 12 km, with the Lake Creek bridge at its south end.
County commissioners take up the clubhouse application Nov. 17. The Stilson Loop, the Teton Village Trail, Gray Meadow and Trail Creek are groomed by Teton County Parks and Recreation, JHMR and the Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club, none of which is part of the Teton Pines project.
Our team at Budge Kelley Realty Group lives and works along the West Bank, and we follow changes like the Pines clubhouse project because they affect how our neighbors spend their winters. If you'd like to talk through what this renovation means for the Teton Pines and The Aspens corridor, give us a call. We're always glad to share what we're seeing on the ground.
