When Rocky Balboa opts for the isolation and desolation of frigid Siberia while training for his revenge fight with the Soviet’s indestructible prizefighter Ivan Drago, it’s actually Wyoming that plays the part of the Russian wasteland.

Rocky chopping trees, Rocky sawing wood, Rocky climbing a mountain in knee-deep snow. It’s all in Jackson Hole.

“Rocky IV” is considered by some to be one of the lesser movies of the franchise but its training montage (every film in the series has one) is probably the best of the bunch.

It stands out for its use of juxtaposition, alternating shots of nature Rocky and his rural routine edited against the great Soviet goliath utilizing the latest in applied science.

But equally impressive is the western Wyoming landscape which looks every bit the notoriou

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