December 2025

Talking Trash with TVCR: Teton Valley Experiences for Everyone on Your List

As we mentioned last month, household landfill bound waste increases by 25% during the holidays. You can keep your gifts out of the landfill by gifting experiences to your loved ones! Bonus: experiences are easy to give at the last minute. Here’s a list of ideas of local experiences that your loved ones are sure to enjoy:

• Tickets to a show at Pierre’s Theatre

• Dance lessons at Summit School of the Arts

• Lunch Passes for your favorite senior at Seniors West of the Tetons

• Hot springs soak pass at Astoria, Green Canyon, or Heise

• Somatic horseback Riding with Wild Yarrow Equine & Somatics

• Voucher for a hot air balloon ride 

• Nordic or backcountry ski lessons with Yostmark

• Cookie Decorating Class at Dulce Baking Company

• Gift Card to a local restaurant

• Tickets to Teton Valley Skijoring

• Gym, yoga, or pilates memberships or punchcards

• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) membership for veggies or flowers

• Class voucher for sustainable living workshops at Mountain Roots Education

• Gift card for a haircut at their favorite barber or salon

• Ceramics Class at Teton Arts

• Music on Main VIP passes

• A family photography session with Lara Agnew

• Paint night at The Local Galleria

• A Teton Valley Trails and Pathways trail sticker to support year trail access and grooming

• Passes to Teton Valley Historical Museum

• A plot in the Community Garden at the Fairgrounds

• Tickets to Targhee Bluegrass Festival

• A City Pass for their next big trip

• Winter in Yellowstone Snowcoach tour with Teton Science Schools

• A donation to their favorite nonprofit

• Teton Rock Gym Punch Pass

• An evening class at Violet Volumes

• Cooking Class at Three Peaks

• Homemade coupons for friends and neighbors to gift your own skills! Think babysitting, tech support, gardening, ski guiding, or helping with cleaning. 

• Enroll kids in extracurricular activities through Mountain Bike the Tetons, Grand Targhee Ski and Snowboard Foundation, Teton Arts, Teton Rock Gym, Act Foundation, Teton County 4H, Teton FC Soccer Club, Teton Valley Composite Mountain Bike Team, Teton Valley Youth Lacrosse Association, Valley Adaptive Sports, or Summit School of the Arts