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I had been planning a loop into Washakie and Teton wildernesses from the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Up the Shoshone to Marston Creek and over to the head waters of the Yellowstone then down to Hawks Rest. Exit via Thorofare Creek and Deer Creek Pass. Kudos to those folks who had great...

When my son asked me to plan a backpacking trip for this summer that he and his girlfriend could go on, I had originally wanted to backpack into Shoshone Lake and visit the geyser basin, but the criteria that he gave me didn't work out for the dates that were available so I instead planned a...

Hey there. Long time, no post. Just back from a long walkabout in the Winds with my brother. Green River Lakes to Big Sandy via a sorta highish route. Around 75 miles. Roughly 14,000 feet of vert. Millions of boulders. About half and half, on-trail versus not. Skipped Titcomb (didn't...

This trip... . Hmm. It started out easy enough to plan. But there was recreation . gov and its ability to mess up plans before they ever get started, and then there was a family medical emergency, and it was just kind of a mess. Ultimately it worked for most of us. On the appointed day...

Another fun one in the southern Absarokas! I wasn't sure I'd have any company for this one, so I posted it in the Meet Up forum a few months ago. @wsp_scott expressed interest and was able to join me, which was an absolute pleasure. Ended up adding a couple others - one a frequent hiking partner...

Jim and I were going to do a five night, six day hike up Cache Creek (Yellowstone), and back. Then a heat wave arrived. So we made alternate plans, hopefully to someplace higher, and cooler. We ended up hiking the Chain of Lakes, which probably was cooler, but it was still hot. But when you...

September 27 - October 1, 2025 I took even longer than normal to write this up, somehow. Sitting here at the end of the Winter That Never Was (for the western, non-Alaska US, anyway) has me thinking about backpacking. This was the 6th year in a row doing a trip in the Bechler area of...

COWBOY UP Note, the first two parts of this trip report are in the Hiking & Camping subfolder. We left Brooks Lake and headed for Dubois, as I had promised Christy breakfast at Cowboy Café. Our history with Cowboy Café goes back 26 years. In September of 1999 we made our first trip to...

This trip began with a flight into Jackson Hole, which would normally be beyond my acceptable budget, but I lucked out being just late enough into the season that prices on airfare & car rental were about half of what they run during the peak. It was a nice clear day that I flew in, and the view...

We'd talked about hiking Pebble Creek for a few years, even had a permit for it one year which was canceled due to the 2022 flood. After a pretty tough Bechler hike in 2024, I promised my wife we'd do something easy the following year. I set my sights on spreading this hike out over a few days...

My brother drew a pretty early lottery opportunity so in late July, I met up with my brother and a couple of old friends from the Ft Collins college days for a 5-night trek in Yellowstone. After camping in one of the commercial campsites in the Park, we headed to our trailhead and took off...

For our third week-long Wind River backpacking trip, we headed right into the middle of the range and did a loop around Pronghorn Peak. The fourth day of the forty-mile route took us off-trail from Bonneville Lake and Middle Fork Lake via Sentry Pass. There are several conflicting ways to do...

Just in case someone thinks this TR is worthy of being featured. ;) 2025 was a good year for checking things off the "Things to do and see in Yellowstone" list. In August @Bob , @scatman , and I backpacked the Sky Rim and Specimen Creek Trails (in addition to a portion of the Gallatin...

Part 2 begins as we are leaving Granite Creek and heading to Afton (see part 1 here - https://backcountrypost.com/threads/wyoming-2025-part-1-teton-wilderness.11823) Right up front, I want to thank "the fellas" Hugh aka @scatman, Bob aka @Bob and Gary aka @Chuckwalla for being patient with...

My oldest kid was in Utah doing a NOLS river trip and needed to be picked up eventually. I figured I would drive to Wyoming again and do some backpacking with my son who was going to be starting high school in the fall and then get my daughter. This timing ended up lining up with a trip that...

In the last week of August of this year, @futurafree and myself did a 7 day loop in the Teton Wilderness. Chris messaged me about doing a backpacking trip and threw out the idea(among others) of hiking in the Teton Wilderness. Naturally, I was foolish enough to pick the longest and most...

I felt lucky to be out on the trail this year after a major hip injury at the beginning of the year that rendered even a short walk of 20' impossible. But, PT and a nerve ablation minimized the pain spikes. This year's WY trip had wildfires, near and far, and a pesky omega blocking weather...

Alright everybody, you're getting the full monty on this trip report, so you might not want to let the kids have a peek. :D Let's see here: I finished up my backpacking trip with @TractorDoc, drove home, got an MRI on my right knee, then headed straight back up to Yellowstone for a four day...

A day after our day hike to Violet Springs and Hayden Valley, and a hearty breakfast at the Old Faithful Inn, we checked out from the cabins at Old Faithful and headed to Island Park to meet up with @Bob who would shuttle us from the Bechler Ranger Station to the Buffalo Trail Trailhead, which...

July 18-20, 2025 Over the winter, we had formed the idea of going to Joseph's Coat and Fairyland Basin, and since permits are not in high demand for the area, we went ahead and booked a trip after the lottery period closed. I'm pretty sure I've now read every resource on the Fairyland area at...