wyoming

THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART Tuesday started with a major decision. What route should I take? There was a large snowfield on the alpine route I had planned to take. It might be passable, but I wouldn’t know until I got there. I could easily spend a couple of hours getting there, only to...

Bliss Meadows BLISS (AND SOME OF THE OTHER EMOTIONS) I started my morning with oatmeal and coffee before exploring Needle Creek in hopes of finding a safe way across. I had already decided against trying to ford the creek where the trail crosses. That was a narrow spot, where the water was...

PONY TAIL We got up fairly early on Saturday morning. I had a bagel with cream cheese, an orange, hot coffee (courtesy of David), and an iced coffee for breakfast. It was my last chance to eat well for nearly two weeks. Then we finished packing before driving over to the Boulder Basin...

One item in my list from To Do in 2024 was to spend 5 weeks in WY, mostly in the Winds. Not everything went as planned: (a) Lead a few from my local hiking group on a 40 m S. Winds loop - Done, but a second group had to cancel (b) Attempt some tougher destinations before I get any older -...

This report will contain a lot of stuff so be prepared. After backpacking out to Grebe Lake for four days, Sheila and I headed to Old Faithful to stay in the Old Faithful Lodge Cabins for two nights. On the morning of the eighth, we met up with Mr. and Mrs. @TractorDoc for breakfast at the Old...

September's Yellowstone trip incorporated several days/nights in the Tetons this year. I had potential hikes/itineraries planned for Mrs.TractorDoc and I during the daylight hours, but a lot was based on weather and how we were feeling at this point in the week. We were nearing five days in...

After our 2022 trip, which started in Yellowstone and ended in the Teton Wilderness, Stacy said she'll be sticking to trails built and maintained by the park service from now on. No more Teton Wilderness horse trails. I can't say I blame her. For this trip we started and ended at the South...

I have made a goal of trying to visit Yellowstone the week after Labor Day for several years now. My hope is that most kids will be back in school, the elk will be bugling, and cool nights are complimented by crisp, sunny days. A portion of the trip is usually set aside for the backcountry...

On September 4th, our group headed into the Yellowstone backcountry to Grebe Lake for a four day backpacking trip. This trip included two day hikes: one to Observation Peak, and a second one to Wolf Lake. Originally I had wanted to get campsite 4G4 on the north shore of Grebe for three nights...

Thanks to a "Look What You've Been Missing..." email from this website I read Scatman's post on Jay Creek. Having also visited Jay Creek for the first time this year-- but in different conditions-- I got inspired to do this, my first trip report. I hope you enjoy. To set the scene: It was...

I haven't been over to check out Backcountry Post for a while. Revisiting inspired me to post a trip from last year. I had found a map of a road tour of Wyoming's Northern Red Desert on the internet some time ago and had wanted to do that and finally made it happen in 2023. The northern edge of...

Trip report with myself, Scatman and my good friend Gary...... mostly pictures. Started from the Turpin Meadows TH Approaching Two Ocean Heading up Jay Creek Lots of willows Around here was the end of the known trail........ no trail the rest of the way till we got to North...

Excellent trip reports of our Hidden Creek/Teton Wilderness trip have been posted by @b.stark , @Georgia Yankee , @scatman , and @Bob . I know @wsp_scott takes a little longer to post his reports and I think @futurafree took about five pictures the entire trip, so I might as well take my turn...

Starting up to Deer Creek Pass ..... The two that were not crazy enough to hike the 10 miles of 4000 ft verical gain. Bob and b.Stark. South Fork of the Shoshone River Deer Creek Well used trail.. From the top, b.stark and I headed to the NF of Butte Creek Saddle to drop into the...

A week after returning from my Jay Creek trip, I was on the road again heading to Cody, Wyoming for another eight day backpacking trip. The last time that I had been to Cody was almost 30 years ago when I did a backpacking trip into Canoe Lake on the east side of Yellowstone National Park...

We had 4 people enter the permit lottery on this one, only two of us got chosen, and one on the 3rd day. It was a bit of a frenzy to get campsites & piece this route together, but we were able to make it work. It was supposed to be a group of 5; Amber & myself, our friends who work at the Colter...

I had been planning a trip starting in the western Teton Wilderness and exiting somewhere along hwy 287 when I saw talk of a trip up Hidden Creek by members of this forum. I thought I might try to see Hidden Creek on my trip, and we were going to be up there around the same time, so I asked if...

I've had Jay Creek on my bucket list for a couple of decades now and last month I had the opportunity to explore the drainage. @Bob had sent me a route earlier in the year that reached Yellowstone Point from Turpin Meadow. I asked Bob if it were okay to alter his route and go up Jay Creek...

Last week, I had the opportunity to return to my all-time favorite backpacking region. From my previous trip there five years ago, I had memories of numerous gorgeous, deserted basins with easy off-trail travel between many of them. This time there were way more people (at least 10x as...

Going to throw together a report of sorts for the 2024 trip that was just completed by several forum members. Roster was as follows: @Bob @scatman @TractorDoc @wsp_scott @futurafree And myself. Most honorable mention to @Georgia Yankee who met up with us along the Thorofare creek...