7/21/2011: Gros Ventre, Warden Bridge to Red Hills CG
With: Mick Schlotfeldt, Dan Bertko | ||
We drove upstream to the put-in, unloaded, and ran shuttle... then waited for an extra trip to the take-out so that we could have a kayak paddle on the river. We amused ourselves by watching a contractor replacing the Warden Bridge. This is normally a placid stretch of fast flat water in July with two Class II/III canyons of perhaps 1/2-mile and 1/4-mile, but this year, at this level, it was very fast, and both canyons were solid Class III or III+ whitewater. I usually prefer to boat the Class III/IV Landslide section of the Gros Ventre, but I was afraid to try that this year; however, the upstream, "easy" stretch had more action on it at this level than the Landslide section does at normal late-July levels, so we did not feel deprived. We drove south on US-89 through Jackson and checked into a commercial campground behind a cowboy bar in Alpine, named Grey's River Cove RV Park, where we were able to get our first showers since leaving home. |
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1. Red Hills Campground, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming | ||
2. Richard Hopley at Red Hills Campground, Bridger-Teton NF, WY | ||
3. Red Hills Campground, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming | ||
4. Red Hills Campground, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming | ||
5. Wildflower at Red Hills Campground, Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY | ||
6. Gros Ventre River take-out, at Red Hills Campground, Bridger-Teton NF, WY | ||
7. Deer along the Gros Ventre River Road, Wyoming | ||
8. Along the Gros Ventre River Road, Wyoming | ||
9. Gros Ventre River, Wyoming, Ranger Bridge put-in | ||
10. Gros Ventre River, Wyoming, Ranger Bridge put-in | ||
11. Gros Ventre River, Wyoming, Ranger Bridge put-in | ||
12. Richard Hopley on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
13. Mick ScholotFeldt on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
14. Dan Bertko on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
15. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
16. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
17. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
18. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
19. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
20. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
21. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
22. Dan Bertko and Mick Schlotfeldt on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
23. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
24. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
25. Dan Bertko and Mick Schlotfeldt on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
26. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
27. Dan Bertko on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
28. Mick Schlotfeldt on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
29. Richard Hopley on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
30. Mick Schlotfeldt on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
31. Mick Schlotfeldt on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
32. Dan Bertko on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
33. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
34. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
35. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
36. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
37. Mick Schlotfeldt on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
38. Dan Bertko on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
39. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
40. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
41. Dan Bertko on the Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
42. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
43. The Gros Ventre River, Wyoming | ||
44. Along the Gros Ventre River Road, Wyoming | ||
45. Along the Gros Ventre River Road, Wyoming | ||
46. Along the Gros Ventre River Road, Wyoming | ||
47. Grand Teton NP,seen from Antelope Flats Road, Wyoming | ||
48. The Snake River, between Hoback Junction and Alpine, Wyoming | ||
49. The Snake River, between Hoback Junction and Alpine, Wyoming | ||
50. The Snake River, between Hoback Junction and Alpine, Wyoming | ||