Best Trails of Wyoming

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#1. The Grand Teton Loop (Backpacking)

A classic circuit around the high peaks of the Teton Range. This hike, along with the Teton Crest, offers up the real stuff. It’s difficult to really capture the true essence of the Teton Range in a d…

From the guidebook "Best Backpacking Vacations in the Northern Rockies"
Jackson , WY - Hiking - 32.6 miles

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#2. Black Canyon of the Yellowstone (Backpacking)

An unusual trip along the majestic Yellowstone River nearly the entire route. The Black Canyon of the Yellowstone is one of the classic backpacking trips of the northern Rockies. It seems to offer eve…

From the guidebook "Best Backpacking Vacations in the Northern Rockies"
Mammoth , WY - Hiking - 18.5 miles

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#3. The Teton Crest (Backpacking)

A multi-day adventure starting from 10,450 feet elevation. It really doesn’t get any better than this. The Teton Crest and the Grand Teton Loop represent the two truly classic backpacking trips in Gra…

From the guidebook "Best Backpacking Vacations in the Northern Rockies"
Jackson , WY - Hiking - 35.4 miles

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#4. Wind River Range Fly-Fishing (Wyoming)

Even though I live a thousand miles away, I consider the Winds my home range. I made my first western backpacking trip to this range, in 1973, and I’ve made far more trips here than in any other area—…

From the guidebook "Fly-Fishing the Rocky Mountain Backcountry"
Pinedale , WY - Fly-Fishing

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#5. Lizard Head (Backpacking)

A long circuit through the southern Wind River Range. This route takes you through the prime scenery of the southern Wind River Range. However, the trip may be frustrating because even though you hike…

From the guidebook "Best Backpacking Vacations in the Northern Rockies"
Pinedale , WY - Hiking - 42.5 miles

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#6. Sky Pilot (Backpacking)

A spectacular loop through the northern heart of the Wind River Range. This route makes a nice loop through the heart of the northern Wind River Range from the ultra-popular Elkhart Park Trailhead. Mo…

From the guidebook "Best Backpacking Vacations in the Northern Rockies"
Pinedale , WY - Hiking - 37 miles

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#7. Boiling River

Yellowstone National Park’s most popular soaking area. A 6-foot-wide stream of hot water plunges over travertine rocks into a 50-yard-long band of thermal soaking pools along the Gardner River. The la…

From the guidebook "Touring Montana and Wyoming Hot Springs"
Gardiner , MT - Hot Springs

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#8. The Teton Crest

It really doesn’t get any better than this. The Teton Crest and the Grand Teton Loop represent the two truly classic backpacking trips in Grand Teton National Park. This trip is the longer and easier…

From the guidebook "Hiking Grand Teton National Park"
Jackson , WY - Hiking - 35.4 miles

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#9. Bearpaw and Trapper Lakes

A scenic and flat hike along the shorelines of four beautiful lakes. If you like to hike to lakes, this is the best hike in the park. It’s very rare to be able to visit four low-elevation lakes (witho…

From the guidebook "Hiking Grand Teton National Park"
Moose , WY - Hiking - 8.8 miles

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#10. Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point: Cascade Canyon

Jenny Lake sits at the base of Cascade Canyon. The hike includes a boat crossing towards this canyon. The trail follows cascading waters to a waterfall and Inspiration Point, an overlook of 400 feet a…

From the guidebook "Day Hikes in Grand Teton National Park"
Moose , WY - Hiking - 5.8 miles

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#11. Cascade Canyon

A classic hike into the main canyon below Grand Teton. The mouth of Cascade Canyon around Hidden Falls is perhaps the most heavily used spot in Grand Teton National Park. Thousands of park visitors ta…

From the guidebook "Hiking Grand Teton National Park"
Moose , WY - Hiking - 9.8 miles

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#12. Cloud Peak

Located 50 miles east of Worland, in the southwestern sector of the Bighorn National Forest. An exciting and especially beautiful ascent to the highest peak in the Big Horn Range.…

From the guidebook "Hiking Wyoming"
Worland , WY - Hiking - 11 miles

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#13. Beartooth Highway

A 60-mile route across alpine plateaus and past many alpine lakes, with spectacular mountain views. The Beartooth Highway is one of the most spectacular routes on this continent. Charles Kuralt, the t…

From the guidebook "National Forest Scenic Byways Rocky Mountains"
Cooke City , MT - Scenic Drives - 60 miles

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#14. Bechler River (Backpacking)

A long but easy backpack along the scenic Bechler River. Along with the Thorofare and Gallatin Skyline, the Bechler River Trail ranks among the best backpacking trips in Yellowstone. It’s wild and rem…

From the guidebook "Best Backpacking Vacations in the Northern Rockies"
Mammoth , WY - Hiking - 30.3 miles

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#15. Grand Teton National Park Campgrounds

Grand Teton National Park is a true outdoor-lovers' paradise. Few views can parallel the Tetons towering over the Snake River Valley, an image that always evokes the mythical American West like few ot…

From the guidebook "Camping Wyoming and the Black Hills"
Jackson , WY - Campgrounds

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#16. Granite Hot Springs

A picturesque soaking pool located at an elevation of 7,000 feet in the Gros Ventre Mountains. The hot springs are increasingly popular with winter visitors. Tucked into a pristine valley in the Gros…

From the guidebook "Touring Montana and Wyoming Hot Springs"
Hoback Junction , WY - Hot Springs

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#17. Jackson Hole, WY & Idaho Falls, ID: Snake River, Flat Creek, & Henry's Fork of the Snake River

Visitors flying into the Jackson Hole Airport on a clear summer day are treated to dreamlike visual thrills. The dramatic peaks of the Teton Mountains, speckled with glaciers, dominate the skyline, wh…

From the guidebook "Trout Fishing near American Cities"
Jackson , WY - Fly-Fishing

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#18. Granite Falls Hot Springs

Several shallow soaking pools and a hot waterfall located just below beautiful Granite Falls in the Gros Ventre Mountains. Hard-core soaking enthusiasts can combine a morning of steamy immersion in th…

From the guidebook "Touring Montana and Wyoming Hot Springs"
Hoback Junction , WY - Hot Springs

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#19. Jackson Area Campgrounds

Mountain men frequented this scenic region even after the beaver were trapped out, and capable individuals can still revisit their steps in the backcountry—with the proper permission and equipment. Th…

From the guidebook "Camping Wyoming and the Black Hills"
Jackson , WY - Campgrounds

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#20. Laramie and Southeast Wyoming Campgrounds

Campers have a choice between windy, flat prairie reservoirs and high-elevation cold in the Laramie area. The more popular campgrounds reside at elevations that generate cool days and cold nights all…

From the guidebook "Camping Wyoming and the Black Hills"
Laramie , WY - Campgrounds

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