Experience Wyoming's Wilderness on The Jim Bridger Pack Trip: A 4-Day Backcountry Horseback Adventure

Duration

Four days and three nights

About

Our Standard Itinerary

(Monday through Friday departures available. Guides will modify each trip based on guest preferences and mountain conditions)

DAY ONE

8 a.m. Check in at our Willow Creek Horseback Rides location (9500 S. Bryan Flats Rd, Jackson, WY)

9 a.m. Drive from Willow Creek to Granite Creek trailhead (30 minute drive)

10:30 a.m. After loading gear and becoming familiar with your horse, group departs trailhead on horseback for base camp (total ride is approximately 3 hours divided in two 1.5 hour ride segments)

NOON: Arrive at Granite Creek for a sack lunch and to stretch the legs a bit!

1 p.m. Continue the ride to camp

2.30 p.m. Arrive at base camp, get settled into your wall tent and decide what you’d like to do with your afternoon. You can fish the stream near camp, check out the fishing at the beaver ponds, explore the area on foot, or simply relax and enjoy the solitude, sights and sounds that can only be had in the backcountry of Wyoming. Wildlife is plentiful and right there for you to see on a regular basis!

7 p.m. Dinner is served! Your camp cook prepares traditional cowboy meals on-site, which you may enjoy in the dining tent or by the campfire. After dinner, roast marshmallows over the campfire and making smores (because is it actually camping if you don’t eat smores?).

Retire to your tent whenever you’d like; there is no “lights out” time, but experience tells us you’ll be ready for a good nights sleep!

DAY TWO

Morning: Enjoy a hearty breakfast in the dining tent. After breakfast we will hit the saddle and ride approximately 2 hours to Turquoise Lake. Our ride takes us through fields of wildflowers as we climb to this high alpine lake for some fishing and sightseeing.

Late Morning – Early Afternoon: Turquoise Lake is always a highlight of the trip. The lake is surrounded by high snowcapped peaks and small streams coming out of granite rock feeding the lake. The lake is full of brook trout and no matter what your fishing skill level, we’re certain you’ll have a great time trying to land a fish. If you’re not interested in fishing, we can explore trails and mountain peaks on horseback around the lake. And keep an eye out for where you’d like to enjoy your lunch; this will likely be the most incredible picnic experience of your life!

Mid-Afternoon: Saddle up and head back to camp!

Evening: After cleaning up and regrouping, you’ll be served another camp-cooked supper, tell fish stories around the campfire, and retire for the night.

DAY THREE Morning: Breakfast in the dining tent will be served at around 8 a.m. After breakfast you can go for a short hike or hit the stream for some fishing near camp.

10:30 a.m. Saddle up the horses and begin our ride back to camp, stopping along the way for lunch (and more fish stories?).

3 p.m. Arrive at Granite Creek Trailhead and continue to whatever is next on your vacation itinerary!