Corbet's Cabin

About Corbet's Cabin

Corbet's Cabin sits at 10,450 feet on Rendezvous Mountain, right next to Corbet's Couloir, and the only way up is the Aerial Tram — a 12-minute ride that climbs 4,139 vertical feet and delivers a 360-degree view of the Tetons before you've eaten anything. The cabin itself started life in the 1960s as a construction shack for the tram, built with no real foundation — it simply sits on the rocks up there — and it has stayed rough around the edges on purpose, with skis and snowboards nailed to the outside walls. Food service at the top of the tram goes back to the 1970s, when a woman named Wendy Weldwood ran a creperie out of the cabin. The building got a facelift in the mid-90s after the Kemmerer family bought Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, with Connie Kemmerer helping spearhead the renovation, but waffles specifically didn't arrive until the 2008-2009 season, when the resort settled on Top of the World Waffles after trying other food concepts. They've since become the reason people ride the tram in the first place — the cabin reportedly moves more than 500 waffles on a good day. The menu is short and built around a Belgian waffle iron: the Gateway comes with natural peanut butter and smoked bacon, the Italian gets a layer of Nutella, the Cobbler is topped with mixed berry compote and whipped cream, the Trad keeps it simple with brown sugar butter, and the Belgian is finished with cookie butter, caramel drizzle, and powdered sugar. Vegetarian options are available, and there's coffee, hot chocolate, and cocktails to go with the view. A small gift shop sells cabin merchandise. It's seasonal — open May 15 through October 4 — and runs 8:30am to 5pm daily, with the last waffle order taken at 4pm. There's no way to reserve a table; you ride the tram up, order at the window, and eat standing at 10,450 feet with a couloir named after the same guide the cabin is named for.