Backpacking in the Gros Ventre Wilderness, Bridger Teton National Forest, Wyoming

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A few shots from our recent five-night backpack in the spectacular Gros Ventre Wilderness. We discovered this route in Douglas Lorain's book Backpacking Wyoming.

Our itinerary:
Day 1 Sat. 8/4 - Granite Creek Trailhead to Jack Pine Creek. Flight delays meant we couldn't get to our originally planned destination (Shoal Falls)
Day 2 Sun. 8/5 - Jack Pine Creek to Shoal Lake. Back on schedule...
Day 3 Mon 8/6 - Shoal Lake to Brewster Lake. This involves off-trail navigation and a steep, loose scramble, as described in the book.
Day 4 Tue 8/7 - Brewster Lake to Chateau Lake.
Day 5 Wed 8/8 - Chateau Lake to a site at ~9,500' on the Swift Creek trail.
Day 6 Thu 8/9 - Back to the starting trailhead and out.

Shoal Lake
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Looking for the way to scramble up and over the wall on the left
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Morning light on Brewster Lake
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Brewster Lake
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Wildflowers in profusion
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High country - day five
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Milky Way from Swift Creek
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Lorain gives this route ratings of 10 for scenery, 8 for difficulty, and 8 for solitude. There were frequent happy exclamations of "Yeah, it's a ten!" =)

A slideshow of the above shots and more can be found here. I will continue adding shots as time permits.

Jonathan
 
Fantastic photo trip report! Thanks for sharing.

I hiked about 97 percent of the way to the summit of Jackson Peak a number of years ago before turning back on hard packed snow on the summit ridge due to having inadequate footwear that July day. Still a great memory. Beautiful area.
 
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