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- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Devils Tower National Monument
- Grand Teton National Park
- Hobo Pool
- Hot Springs State Park
- Jedediah Smith Wilderness
- Medicine Bow
- Medicine Bow National Forest
- Shoshone National Forest
- Sinks Canyon State Park
- Snowy Range
- Summit Rest Area
- Wind River Range
- Yellowstone National Park
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Beautiful, Beautiful Bonneville Pass
How could I ever have missed a hike as pretty as Bonneville Pass? All I can say is that Wyoming…
Deserted View of the Tetons on Mount Leidy
Last summer, while hiking in the Tetons, I needed a short hike with a nice view. Deciding that the description…
Lava Mountain: No Trail, but Awesome Views!
I suppose any trip isn’t complete until we’ve been off-trail. On a recent trip to Wyoming, though, we did a…
Return to Beautiful Bonneville Pass
When I first hiked it in 2012, Bonneville Pass was one of the most peaceful, lovely places I’d been to…
Custer Gallatin National Forest
A Little Mountain near Mount Rearguard
Ah…Top of the world views! I recently found a new place that offers them! A place I’ve never been before…
Beautiful Views atop Beartooth Pass
A while ago, I posted about a garden known as Pathway through the Bible. When we visited this attraction, we…
Clay Butte Lookout
Think snowcapped peaks. Think wildflower filled meadows. Think views across valleys with buttes rising majestically throughout it. Think about a…
Climb Mount Rearguard
Want a little adventure? A hiking adventure that has little or no trail through top-of-the-world scenery to the top of…
Historic Flume Trail: Beartooth Highway Side Trip
Do you love history? Fishing? Waterfalls? Picnic areas with mountain views? The Clarks Fork River Valley along the Beartooth Highway…
Top-of-the-World Views along the Beartooth Highway
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say again here: there’s nothing quite like top-of-the-world views. There’s something so inspiring about…
Vista Point on the Beartooth Highway
Vista Point, on the Beartooth Highway, is truly a great place to be. Especially if you’re coming from the east,…
Devils Tower National Monument
Great Views of Devil’s Tower: Red Beds Trail
I’ve always wondered why you’d want to go to Devil’s Tower National Monument. After all, the best views are from…
Grand Teton National Park
12 Best Day Hikes in Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton has to be one of my favorite national parks in the US (along with North Cascades and a…
Awesome Teton Trail: Cascade Canyon
The Grand Tetons are, in my opinion, some of the most beautiful mountains in the US. Especially in the spring…
Day Hiking the Alaska Basin Overlook
Oh! Alaska Basin Overlook! I’d always heard that Alaska Basin was one of the most beautiful places in Wyoming, but…
Day Hiking the Andy Stone Trail (Tetons)
What to do on a rainy day on the west side of the Tetons? It’s no good wasting a perfectly…
Deserted View of the Tetons on Mount Leidy
Last summer, while hiking in the Tetons, I needed a short hike with a nice view. Deciding that the description…
Enjoying the West Tetons Overlook
If you want to enjoy views of the western (non-tourist) side of the Teton Range, but aren’t thrilled about 8+…
Epic Day Hiking Road Trip to Yellowstone & Grand Tetons!
Yellowstone and Grand Tetons are a concentration of epic views and fascinating phenomena. In Yellowstone, water boils out of the…
Grand View in Grand Teton
Grand Teton is a beautiful park. The mountains are some of the prettiest in the state (maybe the country), and…
Hiking the Full Length of Leigh Lake
The Leigh Lake Trail in Grand Teton National Park is famous and with good reason. If you can get far…
Hobo Pool
Location Review: The Hobo Pool, A Great Free Hot Spring in Wyoming
What? Another free hot spring, complete with showers, in Wyoming? And it’s only 20 minutes off of I-80? Why haven’t…
Hot Springs State Park
Free Soak in a Hot Spring: Hot Springs State Park, WY
Ever dreamed of swimming in a thermal hot spring? Feel that it’s just too expensive to go to one of…
Jedediah Smith Wilderness
12 Best Day Hikes in Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton has to be one of my favorite national parks in the US (along with North Cascades and a…
Day Hiking the Alaska Basin Overlook
Oh! Alaska Basin Overlook! I’d always heard that Alaska Basin was one of the most beautiful places in Wyoming, but…
Day Hiking the Andy Stone Trail (Tetons)
What to do on a rainy day on the west side of the Tetons? It’s no good wasting a perfectly…
Enjoying the West Tetons Overlook
If you want to enjoy views of the western (non-tourist) side of the Teton Range, but aren’t thrilled about 8+…
Stairway to Heaven – Views and Wildflowers Galore!
I can’t figure out why you’d want to attribute something so beautiful, so uniquely made to the Devil, so why…
Table Mountain – Up and Down the Face Trail
Table Mountain, on the “non-tourist” west side of Grand Teton National Park, has got to be one of our favorite…
Table Mountain’s Back Side Teton View, pt. 2
In the last post, I talked about taking the Face Trail up to Table Mountain, right on the edge of…
Table Mountain’s West-Side Teton View
“Well, I’ll give this an ‘A’ for Spectacular.” “It’s amazing to me that anything could be quite this beautiful.” “This…
The Pass & Views above Upper Darby Canyon
A few months ago, I posted about finding fossils in Upper Darby Canyon on the west side of the Tetons. …
Medicine Bow
Medicine Bow Aircraft Arrow – So Photogenic!
A couple weeks ago, I mentioned I’d soon post about a much more exciting aircraft arrow than the one on…
Medicine Bow Museum: Quite the Collection!
Visiting the Medicine Bow Museum in Medicine Bow, WY was a bit of an accident. We hadn’t planned to be…
Medicine Bow National Forest
Serene Lakes, Wind-swept Cliffs: Medicine Bow Peak Loop
Occasionally, I’ll see a picture and instantly think, “If that’s in the US, I’ve got to go there.” Medicine Bow…
Views of the Snowy Range at Libby Flats Observation Site
Our goal in visiting the Snowy Range in southern Wyoming was to hike the trail up to Medicine Bow Peak. …
Shoshone National Forest
Beautiful, Beautiful Bonneville Pass
How could I ever have missed a hike as pretty as Bonneville Pass? All I can say is that Wyoming…
Return to Beautiful Bonneville Pass
When I first hiked it in 2012, Bonneville Pass was one of the most peaceful, lovely places I’d been to…
Sinks Canyon State Park
Sinks Canyon – Better in August
I’ve discovered something: Sinks Canyon – where the river literally disappears underground and reappears, two hours and about a quarter…
Snowy Range
Serene Lakes, Wind-swept Cliffs: Medicine Bow Peak Loop
Occasionally, I’ll see a picture and instantly think, “If that’s in the US, I’ve got to go there.” Medicine Bow…
Views of the Snowy Range at Libby Flats Observation Site
Our goal in visiting the Snowy Range in southern Wyoming was to hike the trail up to Medicine Bow Peak. …
Summit Rest Area
Visting the I-80 High Point at the Summit Rest Area
So it’s not hard to get to, easy to miss, and maybe not even that impressive. But the I-80 High…
Wind River Range
9 Terrific Day Hikes in the Wind Rivers
The Wind River Range of Wyoming is truly spectacular. Snow-capped peaks, jagged cirques, lovely meadows, alpine lakes, it’s a view…
Atop Roaring Fork Mountain
Roaring Fork Mountain in the southern Wind River Range of Wyoming absolutely deserves its name: the ginormous mountain has many…
Day Hiking Big Sandy Lake in the Wind Rivers
It’s a long trail to Big Sandy Lake. Five whole miles, in fact. But the trail is more or less…
Day Hiking Stough Creek Pass
Stough Creek Pass, in the far south of the Wind River Range of Wyoming, is only known because it’s en…
Day Hiking the Cirque of Towers Overlook
It’s a total of 8.3 miles to the Cirque of Towers Overlook in Jackass Pass, above Big Sandy Lake in…
Dayhiking North Lake in the Wind Rivers
North Lake, in Jackass Pass, high above Big Sandy Lake and well below the Cirque of Towers in the Wind…
Dayhiking Slide Creek Falls above Green River Lakes
Well, I may not be much into hiking long distances to waterfalls, but when it comes to doing it, it…
Dayhiking White Rock – Northeast Slopes
I’d read on SummitPost.com about White Rock high above the Green River Lakes in the Wind Rivers of Wyoming. Ever…
Dayhiking White Rock – Northwest Slopes
I’d read about climbing White Rock, high above the Green River Lakes in the Wind Rivers of Wyoming, on SummitPost.com. …
Yellowstone National Park
An Evening at the Upper Geyser Basin
Last summer, the weather wasn’t working out so well at Mt. Hood, so we were looking for alternative places to…
Epic Day Hiking Road Trip to Yellowstone & Grand Tetons!
Yellowstone and Grand Tetons are a concentration of epic views and fascinating phenomena. In Yellowstone, water boils out of the…
Great Views from the Lamar River Trail
If I could only choose one trail to hike in northwestern Yellowstone, it would be the Lamar River Trail. I’m…
Hiking the Sentinel Meadows Loop
Ever since seeing a map of the Sentinel Meadows Loop on the internet last summer, I wanted to hike it. …
Hiking to Yellowstone’s Natural Bridge
I wasn’t expecting much when it came to the Natural Bridge in Yellowstone National Park. I’m very spoiled with all…
Historic Flume Trail: Beartooth Highway Side Trip
Do you love history? Fishing? Waterfalls? Picnic areas with mountain views? The Clarks Fork River Valley along the Beartooth Highway…
How I Hiked 100 Miles in Yellowstone National Park in 11 Days
In case anyone has been wondering where I’ve been the last few weeks, the answer is that I’ve been working…
Ice Lake & Little Gibbon Falls
If you’re looking for a quiet little loop hike not too far from the main attractions of Yellowstone National Park,…
Lower Geyser Basin & Fountain Paint Pots
One of the more popular of the less-famous geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park is the Fountain Paint Pots. It’s…
