Lodging, Travel, Food, and Clothing

Meals for the conference are served in the Jackson Campus dining hall. If you have any dietary restrictions you did not communicate on your registration form, please email placenetwork@tetonscience.org before April 6, 2025. 

Breakfasts might be eggs, pancakes, or something similar, often with a breakfast meat on the side. There is usually a yogurt/cereal bar. Lunches and dinners are typically comforting, nourishing food served cafeteria style, usually with a hot protein, vegetable, and carbohydrate option. A small salad bar is also available. 

Our kitchen will do their best to accommodate dietary needs, but they are not able to provide a guaranteed allergen-free setting. For severe food allergies, we recommend that you plan on bringing your own food that can be heated in a microwave. Please email placenetwork@tetonscience.org for details.

Meal times are as follows:

• Breakfast: 7:30 - 8:00 am

• Lunch: 11:45am - 12:45pm

• Dinner: 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Snacks:

• Tuesday 3pm: Snacks and water in the Welcome Center upon arrival

• Wednesday-Friday, 10:00am: Coffee, muffins, and fruit

• Wednesday, 2:00pm: snacks (bars/chips)

Feel free to bring your own snacks, as well. We ask that you be careful with crumbs when outside the dining hall, because there are lots of critters in the canyon, and we don't want to encourage them to get inside.

Will there be a need for formal work attire for any keynote sessions or the symposium? 

• Dress for all events is casual. (I.e., jeans are fine for the conference, symposium, etc.) Plan to wear layers and comfortable/practical shoes. The campus has a gravel walkway, and there can be puddles, patches of ice or mud, and uneven surfaces. 

And relatedly...What will the weather be like? What kind of clothing will I need for the outdoor events?

• The weather in Jackson in April is extraordinarily unpredictable! It could be in the 50s and sunny, which feels quite warm in the mountains, or it could be heavy snow, or rain. As we get closer to the event, we'll send out some more specific recommendations, but for now: Know that TSS has a great deal of gear and clothing you can borrow, so please do not feel like you need to go out and purchase winter or rain clothing. If you are thinking ahead and want to invest, shoes are harder to borrow than other gear, so you might consider a pair of waterproof hiking shoes or boots, especially if you plan on the excursion into the park. Because dress for the conference is casual, those same shoes or boots could be worn to all events. In fact, you'll see TSS staff wearing hiking shoes/boots a great deal of the time.