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.
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