1966: Grand Targhee, Inc. formed by East Idahoans 

1969: Grand Targhee Resort opens with two lifts, Targhee Lodge, and the Day Lodge 

1973: Grand Targhee Resort purchased by Bill Robinson, a plastics manufacturer from Cincinnati. 

1987: Grand Targhee Resort purchased and operated by Mory and Carol Bergmeyer.

1990: Rendezvous day lodge destroyed by fire

1995: Caribou-Targhee National Forest approves Grand Targhee Resort’s new (1994) Master Development Plan

1997: Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc., a corporation run by CEO George Gillett, Jr., purchases Grand Targhee and Caribou-Targhee National Forest issues a revised 40-Year Special Use Permit to Grand Targhee Resort

1997: Dreamcatcher, a high-speed detachable quad chair, replaces Bannock and a fixed-grip quad replaces the Shoshone double chair

1997: CTNF issues a revised 40-Year Special Use Permit to Grand Targhee Resort

2000: Grand Targhee Resort purchased by George and Rose Gillett and sons

2000: Record of Decision for approval from BTNF for Squirrel Meadows land swap in which Grand Targhee acquired ownership of base area.

2001: Sacagawea lift installed

2016: The Blackfoot double chair is replaced by the Blackfoot high speed quad chairlift

2019: Caribou-Targhee National Forest accepts Grand Targhee Resort’s new Master Development Plan (2018 MDP), which includes plans for a significant terrain expansion. Teton County WY approves Grand Targhee Resort First Amended Master Plan Planned Unit Development for Planned Resort (PUD-PR) February 12, 2019

2020: Caribou-Targhee National Forest publishes the Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for implementing the 2018 MDP projects, including the terrain expansion. A 45-day formal scoping period begins August 26 2020. 

Spring 2022: Grand Targhee begins construction on a new “6 pack”  lift up Peaked Mountain, a development that was approved - as a quad lift - in the 1994 MDP.

Summer 2022: Anticipated release of draft Environmental Impact Statement for proposed 2018 MDP Projects