About Our Hotel
The Basics
- All our guestrooms are private with bathrooms like typical hotel rooms. (No
shared accommodations with other travelers.) - Our guestrooms have either a king-size bed or four twin beds.
- We provide clean, comfortable, recently renovated guestrooms at a cost that is
typically less than half of any other hotel in Teton Village. - We are located amongst the four and five-star hotels at the base of the Jackson
Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village. We are ski-in ski-out, one mile from Grand
Teton National Park, and 54 miles from Yellowstone National Park - We have complimentary fiber-optic high-speed internet.
- Our guest rooms do not have traditional TV screens. Instead, guests may check out complimentary tablets equipped with Hulu + Live TV and Disney+. Guests can stream shows and movies directly on the tablet, so you’ll still have full access to live channels and on-demand entertainment during your stay.
- Our basement lounge and game rooms have a pool table, ping-pong, foosball,
shuffleboard, TVs, fireplace, refrigerator, freezer, toaster, microwave, ice
machine, and more.
Our Story
The Hostel – one of the first hotels in Teton Village – opened in 1967 to provide a more affordable lodging option. The only locally, family-owned hotel remaining in Teton Village, we have been described as iconic and the soul of Jackson Hole. We’re amazed at the number of people, including many who now live in Jackson Hole full-time, who tell us that they stayed at the Hostel on their first trip to Jackson Hole. Others keep returning, including the Rizzo family who in 2025 celebrated their 50th consecutive annual family reunion at the Hostel.
At the Heart of Jackson Hole’s Natural Wonders
The Jackson Hole ecosystem is unique in all the world; the geysers, canyons, and wildlife of Yellowstone, the world’s first national park, are must-see. Equally awe-inspiring is the iconic Teton mountain range, the youngest of the Rockies, rising nearly 8,000 feet along the floor of Jackson Hole. The Hostel sits at the base of the Tetons, with the winter ski slopes and summer mountain activities immediately outside our door. We are less than one mile from the entrance to Grand Teton National Park and 54 miles from Yellowstone National Park.
The Birth of a World-Class Ski Destination
In the early 1960’s Paul McCollister and Alex Morley saw the Tetons as the perfect place to open a world-class ski area in the style of a Bavarian resort. They opened the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in 1965 as a destination ski resort 12 miles from the town of Jackson, Wyoming. The first lifts opened lower terrain for a couple years but the opening of the iconic Tram in 1967 put the resort on the map as one of the great ski destinations.
A Family’s Legacy in Ski Culture
With just a few high-end hotels and not much else, Teton Village was on track to being an elites-only playground. Enter the Wilson family from Cleveland. Seeing the potential of the resort and the need for more affordable accommodations, the Wilsons built a hotel that would feel at home in the Alps. The entire family moved to Jackson Hole and lived in the Hostel as owner-operators. For the next 40 years, as summers followed winters, the Hostel came to embody Jackson Hole ski culture and remained a favorite to many who would return year after year.
Evolving While Staying True
In 2008, another local family purchased the Hostel, invested back into the property, and continues to do so. The Hostel now has air-conditioning; high-speed, fiber-based internet; & tablets available for video and TV viewing. As more and more luxury hotels are developed in Teton Village, the Hostel proudly stands in their midst, still providing a more affordable lodging option to enjoy all that Jackson Hole has to offer.
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