Four Seasons Resort and Residences Jackson Hole Has Local Roots
There’s a wild, wholesome wellness in Wyoming’s Jackson Hole, a hamlet and region first settled by Native Americans, then forged by fur trappers and cowboys. Today, just minutes from Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, it continues to harness its ponderous power from the outdoors. Authentic and unpretentious, despite its posh clientele, this mountain town embraces old school wellness: fresh air, exercise, local plants and ancestral knowledge.
Corralled mountainside in Teton Village at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, the elegantly rough hewn Four Seasons Resort and Residences Jackson Hole, with its log cabin-like exteriors and cowboy hat and boot wearing doormen, spins its own contemporary riff on the storied Old West with a stellar wellness program and loads of ranch-y chic.
Near the resort, elks roam, bears ramble and the historic downtown Jackson Hole sets a buckaroo mood awash in hearty—yet unscripted— hee-haws and rodeo flourishes. (Don’t miss the Town Square with its antler arches or the chance to the chance to get your cow puncher duds at luxury western outfitter Kemo Sabe, where you can create a custom hat.)
After shredding the gnar and spiking your adrenaline levels on harrowing Corbet’s Couloir, a dynamic ski run famous for its 20-foot drop and 50 degree pitch—or on any other challenging piste—, recuperate at the hotel spa’s on-slope wellness outpost. Cozy and restorative, it offers an oxygen bar and intravenous vitamin therapy. Complete the day at the hotel spa’s complimentary Yoga for Skier’s practice, an apres ski workout designed to get you back on the slopes, pain-free, in the morning. Rather be worked over? Book a head-to-toe Sports Recovery Massage or a Still Waters CBD Treatment, ideal for supporting deep sleep—both performed in the airy spa.
Refreshed in 2023, The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole encompasses nearly 12,000 square feet. Just off an inviting pool complex, replete with steaming hot tubs and mountain vistas, the spa reflects the surrounding terrain and its curative gifts with soul-warming fireplaces, stone elements, wood accents and lashings of Native American decor. Cocoon-like, evoking Wyoming mountain heartiness and boasting cozy repose, it emits wooly Pendleton blanket vibes. This spa is a place that feels safe amid the snowstorm—both literally and metaphorically.
Enjoy treatments that run the gamut from results driven rituals to therapies developed to showcase the locale. Ask for known favorites such as 111 Skin or HydraFacial or enjoy indulgences such as the Turquoise Sage Body Ritual, which uses local lavender and wild sage in a salt scrub, followed by a willow-bark-steeped wrap to reduce muscular inflammation. Alternatively, try the Wildcrafted Facial. It looks to wild-harvested herbs for its curative effects, all enhanced with the pressure of cool rose quartz stones. Both treatments celebrate setting, weaving the outdoors and regional culture into the mix.
But the spa’s reaches go beyond its dedicated walls. Guests of the hotel can be coddled by in-room wellness options—a treat for introverts who wish to stay in. Choose from salubrious request options such as Peloton exercise bikes, Normatec air compression, HyperVolt percussion massage and the Venom 2 Back heating pad to ease sore muscles. Perhaps you prefer the HyperSphere (round) and Vyper (roller) to activate, release and warm up muscles with powerful vibration.
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