Join us as we do a little trail maintenance and welcome spring to the high country of the Wyoming Range leading a pack llama beyond Cliff Creek Falls, thru Cliff Creek Pass and Horse Heaven Meadows. Five days with one lay day to soak up the solitude and scenery. Enjoy carpets of wildflowers, abundant wildlife, top of the world views, and sizzling steaks. 18 miles total. Depart Cliff Creek trailhead 20 miles south of Jackson Hole.

Cliff Creek Pass

2006 Trail Crew

View From Upper Cliff Creek

We follow the crystal clear waters of Granite Creek for 3 days to it’s headwaters and a base camp near Turquoise Lake.  The spectacular displays of wildflowers and wildlife, such as moose, elk, deer, big horn sheep and bears are common sightings along the way compelling us to keep our cameras close at hand.  From our base camp we have opportunities for great day hikes, including bagging Cache Creek and its’ spectacular views or just relaxing around Turquoise Lake.  One more beautiful camp on our return down Granite Creek to a well deserved soak in the hot springs.

This trip also has an option of a loop via Little Granite and the Highline Trail.

Turquoise Lake July 4th-2006

Looking Down Granite Creek From Flat Creek-Granite Divide

Holland Family Head of Granite Creek

This 6 day loop is for the more adventuresome and revolves around Hoback Peak. Although not extremely difficult we do follow obscure and sometimes exciting trails to access the high country. Hoback Peak offers top of the world views. The mountain ranges of western Wyoming and northern Utah form a 360 degree panorama. After climbing, or just admiring Hoback Peak, we traverse the Little Greys to Cliff Creek Pass. We then follow Cliff Creek down passing the falls to the Cliff Creek Trailhead. As on all our trips to the Gros Ventre and Wyoming Range the common thread is: grand vistas, wildlife and solitude.

Tetons from Hoback Peak

Nancy and Dargo Crossing Bare Creek

Nancy, Erik, Al and Jill in the Bare Hole

A 7 day semi loop from Elkhart Park headed for a lay over day at the Cooks Lakes (home of the world record golden trout) with a overnight camp along the way in elk rich Monument Creek.  From the Cooks Lakes  to a beautiful night of alpine camping near Tommy’s and Nelson lakes, and then up and over Lester pass, hiking along gorgeous Seneca lake to our last night camp with a few more opportunities to catch Golden trout. The last day we pick up the trail where we left it at Eklund Lake and head back to Elkhart Park Trailhead. Great scenery and great fishing at each camp along the way.

Tony Lewis was here

Monument Creek

View north from Lester Pass

Trout! Trout! Trout! Brook, Rainbow, Cutthroat even Grayling plus sandy beaches are the highlights of this 6 day semi loop visiting Prospector Lake, Little Trapper Lake, Trapper Lake, Neal Lakes, Heart Lake and a two day visit to the tremendous fishing at Section Corner Lake. Oh yeah, we are treated to some spectacular views, like the Crows Nest along the way.

Grayling Section Corner Lake

Trapper Lake

Heart Lake at sunset

For the little more aggressive hikers this trip has it all; trout, wildlife, solitude, incredible scenery, alpine hiking at its best, culminating in  a dramatic drop from Summit Lake to the Green River and a picturesque camp on the river with Square Top as a backdrop.  This is a  7 day horseshoe departing from the Spring Creek Park trailhead on the Glimpse Lake trail with a lay day at Heart Lake and then the Double Top Trail to Summit Lake and it’s hungry cutthroats  with stops at Heart Lake and Dean Lake and then the Double Top Trai.

Down to the Green River

Camp under Squaretop

Cutthroat Lakes

This trek offers a tremendous variety of scenery and fishing for the distance of hiking involved. Departing the Big Sandy Trailhead we are headed to the back side of the Cirque of Towers, Shadow and Billy’s Lake where we will take a lay day. There is an opportunity for a great side hike to Texas Lake and Texas Pass, fishing in Washakie Creek, Shadow Lake and Billy’s Lake or just relaxing around camp. Then we trek to Mae’s Lake for another lay day with the opportunity for a spectacular day hike, looping past Pyramid Lake for a “shock and awe” view of Ambush Peak and dropping into the East Fork Valley and back to camp at Mae’s Lake. One more camp at Marms Lake and perhaps another trout dinner then returning to the Big Sandy Trailhead.

Billys Lake

Washakie Creek

Dads Lake

Trout fishing is the main theme of this 5 day llama expedition, although the views of and from the vast expanse of Boulder Meadows stand on their own. The variety of water we will visit on our trek through the Middle and South Forks of Boulder Creek offers great opportunities for fly fishing or spin casting no mater the level of your experience, beginner or expert. Rainbow, Brookies, Macs and Cutts populate both the lakes and streams of this scenic alpine country. This is our favorite time of the year to be in the mountains. Labor day has come and gone along with the mosquitoes and most everyone else. The elk are bugling and the trout are active “life is good”.

Fly Fishing - Middle Fork

Brook Trout

Boulder Meadows & Mt. Bonneville