Recently retired from a career as an anesthesiologist, Marc Domsky joined the Friends board in early 2025. “I’m a big BTNF user—I’m a dog person and am on it every day with my dog, BOOMer. And I was on it with all the dogs I’ve ever had. I understand why dogs are not allowed in [Grand Teton National Park], and that just makes me appreciate the BTNF even more. I can’t even begin to guess how much time I have spent on the BTNF [in my life].”
The day we chatted with Marc for this profile, he had been to the top of Snow King, one of the three ski areas on the BTNF, twice! In the morning, he had skinned up with a friend; in the afternoon, he and BOOMer hiked up the mountain, which was Wyoming’s first ski area when it opened in 1939. While Marc is often in many of the same places on the forest—Cache Creek, Snow King, Teton Pass—he also makes time to seek out new places. “The BTNF’s size is mind-boggling,” he says. “I have to keep looking at maps to appreciate how vast it is. It’s so big that the opportunity to discover new stuff is endless. You can spend a lifetime exploring it.”
As a FBT board member, Marc will advocate for the forest. He is particularly interested in educating people about where exactly the BTNF is. “I think a great majority of the people who use the BTNF—some locals and more visitors—don’t know what the Bridger-Teton National Forest is. They think they’re in the park. The BTNF is its own entity and is an insane resource and it needs the support of its users.” Marc also wants to connect with the many permittees of the BTNF. There are dozens of outfitters, guide services, ranchers, and guest ranches that operate on the BTNF. “I want to see how this group thinks of the forest,” he says.
How Marc recreates responsibly on the BTNF:
While Marc and BOOMer are on the BTNF pretty much everyday, Marc makes sure BOOMer doesn’t leave anything behind on the forest. “I pick up his poop,” Marc says. He also makes sure to check the weather and avy report (at bridgertetonavalanchecenter.org) before going out backcountry skiing.