One of my all-time favorite destinations, Jackson is home to arguably the single best ski resort in the nation, but surprisingly, it is one of the only major ski towns that is even busier in summer than winter.

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The morning haze had burned off, and in the noon light the brackish water appeared deceptively lovely, its surface undisturbed except for a single Jet Ski carving a white wake whose exhausted wavelets lapped at the riprap at the side of the road.

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Lagunillas has three lifts and 13 runs, a good ski school, a single refugio (mountain refuge) which can accommodate some 30 skiers, and a convivial family atmosphere, quite different from the larger commercial resorts.

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Ray Lee, a prominent judge, single-handedly saved 32 people using his jet ski.

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