Outdoor Jackson

Jackson Highlights

A number of hot-air balloon companies operate in Jackson. Each offers slightly different flight options. The Wyoming Balloon Company floats guests above the Bridger-Teton forest, a working ranch, and the Snake River—and salutes the flight with a champagne toast.
For a road biking excursion through the heart of the Snake River Range, leave Wilson and head south on Fall Creek Road.
Jackson area’s START buses are equipped with bike racks, acting as a shuttle to help you navigate between bike routes.
Come winter check out the high red cliffs near Slide Lake at the end of the Gros Ventre River Road. More than 70 miles of groomed cross-country, snowmobiling, and snowshoe trails can be accessed in this wildlife-rich region, including the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail.
Cross-country skiers should plan on traversing though the Granite Creek Road south of Hoback Junction on Highway 191/189. While the ungroomed trail is shared with snowshoers and snowmobilers, the ten-mile hot springs at the end of the road make the trip worthwhile.

By Travel Expert: Brian Kevin

Who can match this backdrop? Yellowstone National Park is to the north, wild and remote Wind River Range over Togwotee Pass to the east, and the Tetons are smack dab in front of you. If there's anything you want to do in the outdoors, you can do it here.
Hike behind the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park along the Willow Flats Trail to look out on Christian Pond. Trumpeter swans are known to nest here, and soras, sandhill cranes, and snipes are often in the area as well.
The Snake River is easily accessible throughout Grand Teton National Park (but less so throughout private property south of the park). Anglers love it for the views, tremendous hatches, and the indigenous Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat.
Snap on a Stetson and saddling up on a day or overnight horsepack. You'll ride old logging roads and narrow, dirt trails through the Bridger-Teton National Forest, camp out in tents or wagons, and learn a little cowboy lore and ropework if you like.

By Travel Expert: Brian Kevin

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