Skis, snowboards, avalanche airbags, goggles, a week’s stay at a premier Teton Village property…and much more is being given away during the 2021 Winter Welcome, presented by JH Sports.
From now until January 30, we are selling raffle tickets for these prizes in support of TCSAR volunteers. In its fifth year, Winter Welcome is intended to showcase the spirit of giving back in the name of backcountry safety. The recipe is simple: Get a mountain of awesome gear, sell raffle tickets to likeminded folks, and give it away in support of a good cause.
Though Winter Welcome has typically involved free food and drink and a shindig, the ongoing pandemic means the event will be all virtual. But no more Zoom meetings. All you have to do is buy your tickets—with all proceeds going to TCSAR—go skiing, and we’ll let you know if you win.
Winter Welcome is the brainchild of JH Sports general manager Larry Hartenstein, who has organized the event each of the last five years. A JH Sports employee for 21 years, Hartenstein is a devoted skier who knows what it’s like to be cast under the spell of the Tetons. From the day he arrived as a young skier, many of his life decisions have been influenced by the desire to ski as much as possible. But he also knows how that desire can put people in dangerous situations, and he is adamant about spreading the message of backcountry safety. Winter Welcome is a major step forward in that cause.
“I put on this event to call attention to what TCSAR does for all of the staff of JH Sports and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort,” says Hartenstein. “TCSAR has impacted the lives of our staff over the years and I believe it is 100 percent appropriate to give back to this incredible organization, as the funds are used to continue supporting all of our backcountry users.”