Entries by FOPMaster

Winter Wildlife Closures Begin on December 1st

December 1st marks the start of winter trail restrictions to protect wildlife in crucial winter range. This impacts many trail enthusiasts in the Cache and Greater Snow King Area. Please be aware of the closures and plan ahead to choose routes that respect our wild neighbors. Remember, dogs are required to be on leashes at […]

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Trail Conditions 7-28-17

Things are going smoothly in the forest, signs are getting installed, volunteer groups are helping with turnpikes, and the trails are in good shape.  It seems like a good time to do a “meet the trail crew” segment this week to introduce you to the hardworking folks that keep the trails in good shape.  Pictured […]

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Trail Conditions 7-21-17

This week the crew dodged some hail storms while working on the Skyline trail with the Montana Conservation Corps.  The MCC crew finished their 8 day hitch and helped to narrow and improve 1.2 miles of tread on the eastern end of the Skyline ridge.  The youth crew had a big day on the Ski […]

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Trail Conditions for 7-14-17

Signs!  Our new trail signs for the Snow King area trails arrived and we started installing them this week.  They include maps and directions with mileages as well as education messages for good trail etiquette.  Look for them to be installed over the next few weeks!  Crews also cleared Black Canyon, Skyline, West Game, Ferrins, […]

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Trail Conditions 7-7-2017

Big week on the trails with lots of folks out enjoying the holiday weekend.  The crew spent Monday  prepping for the Montana Conservation Corp crew which gets here next week to work on the center section of the Skyline trail.  This meant moving twelve – 40 pound “cubies” of water up 1.5 miles up to […]

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2017 4th of July 10K Results

SKINNY SKIS/ JACKSON WHOLE GROCER 4TH OF JULY 10K RUN 6.2 MILES** RESULTS BY ITZ ABOUT TIME **  6.2 MILES 4TH OF JULY, 2017 JACKSON, WYOMING   Top Five Men Name                       Age                         […]

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Trail Conditions 7-1-17

All the trails on Snow King, Teton Pass, and Munger are open including Skyline!  Crews had a busy week doing maintenance on turnpikes on the History Trail and removing a 60 inch diameter Douglas Fir that had fallen over the winter.  Then they worked with a volunteer groups from Teton Science School to remove invasive […]

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Trail Conditions 6-23-2017

Crews continued to get after it this week with 78 trees cleared off of the Wilson Canyon, Ridge, Arrow, Ski Lake, and Phillip’s Pass trails and 132 drainage features cleaned or installed on West Game, Hagen Highway, and Putt Putt.  The pass is close to being open with only the upper reaches of Blacks, Lithium, History, […]

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Trail Conditions 6-16-17

Teton Pass is melting out slowly but surely.  Most of the south side trails are in good shape except for upper Blacks, Lithium, and History trail which remain in the snow zone.  The north side trails have patchy snow but are passable.  Ski Lake has intermittent snow up to the Phillip’s Pass junction and the […]