Friends of Pathways has a formal partnership with the USFS to collaborate on design, construction and stewardship of local trails for all users – hike, bike, horse, and ski. We’re committed to providing easy year round access to trails in order to maintain our high quality of life in Jackson Hole.
Get pumped! Friends of Pathways is bringing a modular pump track to Jackson Hole Middle School as part of bike skills week. Open to every one of all ages and abilities from dawn to dusk on Tuesday, May 21 and Wednesday, May 22.
Come ride! Sorry, no e-bikes allowed, please.
Track will be set up near the soccer fields at JHMS.
Every year for the last 4 years Friends of Pathways visits Jackson Hole Middle School to teach bike safety in an assembly setting and outside using a bike skills course. The curriculum focuses heavily on e-bike safety. Friends of Pathways organizes this fun and educational program for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in response to growing public concern regarding pathway safety, specifically as it relates to e-bike usage and middle school students.
Friends of Pathways has recently hired Aaron Nydam as our Bike Safety Coordinator who assists in our efforts to provide pathway etiquette and e-bike education to our youth, visitors, and residents alike.
These photos are from this week’s bike safety assembly, and next week FOP will be back at Jackson Hole Middle School to teach bike skills outside with kids on bikes.
We love how many kids ride bikes to school and encourage them to do so safely.
The snow this week didn’t do us any favors drying out the trails. A few more things are opening up and passable but there is still some lingering packed snow and drifts in the shade. As you get excited for summer come by the Bike Swap this Saturday at The Hub Bicycles from 10-1. Otherwise enjoy some much deserved sunshine this weekend!
Join Friends of Pathways at Hand Fire Pizza on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, for an exclusive premiere of IN THE DIRT, a documentary film about a group of passionate Native American cyclists who attempt to bring the sport of mountain biking to the Navajo Nation, where no bike shops exist. The film highlights the transformational power associated with mountain biking.
Movie tickets are $20, which includes an all-you-can-eat PIZZA BUFFET!
Cash bar.
5:30pm – Doors open to pizza buffet
6:30pm – Welcome and meet Scott Nydam and Shaun Price from the film
7:00pm- Watch In The Dirt
7:45pm – Q and A with Scott Nydam and Shaun Price from the film
Tickets are limited, and this event will likely sell out!
BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE AT THE LINK IN OUR BIO!
Great news: @tetoncounty and the @townofjacksonwy were recently awarded $600,000 from the Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. This plan will prioritize projects and policies to improve safety and mobility for all users of the region’s transportation system. The aim: To prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. This plan will guide the future development of the pathway and active transportation networks across our community.
Learn more and TAKE THE SURVEY at the link 🔗 in our bio!
Then attend the open house on Tuesday, May 7 from 3-8 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church located at 1251 South Park Loop Road in Jackson.
Modernizing Mobility for West Jackson is a @tetoncounty and @townofjacksonwy project that aims to create a forward-thinking plan that addresses bicycle and pedestrian improvements; upgrades to roads, sidewalks, and intersections; and outlines conceptual layouts for future connectivity in the study area of South Park Loop Road, High School Road, Middle School Road, and Northern South Park.
Learn more and participate in the virtual workshop at the link in our bio!
Then come to the open house on Tuesday, May 7, from 3-8 pm at the Presbyterian Church located at 1251 South Park Loop Road in Jackson.
Join us Tuesday, April 30, at 5:30 p.m at Hand Fire Pizza for an exclusive premiere of IN THE DIRT, a documentary film about a group of passionate Native American cyclists who attempt to bring the sport of mountain biking to the Navajo Nation, where no bike shops exist.
Movie tickets are $20, which includes an all-you-can-eat PIZZA BUFFET!
Watch the trailer and grab tickets while you can at the link in our bio or at friendsofpathways.org/inthedirt
Learn more about the film by following the cast on instagram:
Silver Stallion Bicycles and Coffee @silverstallionbicyclecoffee
Scott Nydam @scottnydam
Vincent Salabye @Vsalabye
Franklin Cook @milenko_79
Kaiden Yazzie @kaiden_yazzie_
Dominique Clichee dominiqueclichee
Terence Yazzie tyz.ig
Rezduro @rezduro
T.C. Johnstone @tcjohnstone
MT Garcia @dziltah_haseyah
Historic snow storms don’t stop Chris from grooming Cache Creek! Enjoy the freshly groomed single track and the sunshine! It’s beautiful, man. ❄️🚲
Save the date! Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 is Winter Trails Day! Free backcountry demos on Teton Pass! Free Nordic and fat bike demos in Cache Creek! More info at the link in our bio. ❤️❄️🎿🏂🚲
It’s dumping and that means we’re grooming 12+ miles of singletrack in Cache Creek. If you enjoy using these trails for winter running, biking, dog walking, or just a simple stroll, please support our efforts by contributing to our GoFundMe campaign. Link in bio! ✌️❤️❄️🚲🎿🏃♀️🐶
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed so far and to @thehub_jh for being the first to support with a $500 donation. Thank you!!
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Trail Conditions for 5-10-24
News & Announcements, Trail UpdatesN
The snow this week didn’t do us any favors drying out the trails. A few more things are opening up and passable but there is still some lingering packed snow and drifts in the shade. As you get excited for summer come by the Bike Swap this Saturday at The Hub Bicycles from 10-1. Otherwise enjoy some much deserved sunshine this weekend!
Trail Conditions for 5-3-24
News & Announcements, Trail UpdatesTrail Conditions 6-16-23
News & Announcements, Trail UpdatesTrees, trees, big trees! The crew did some more clearing on Arrow, Snotel, Ridge, Ski Lake, and Black Canyon this week and cleared a few dozen trees including some big firs and spruce. We cleaned drainage on Big Rocks, Blacks, and Ski Lake and started laying out some of the project work in Black Canyon that a Montana Conservation Corps crew we hired will be helping with next week. These include a number of small reroutes to improve drainage, decrease erosion, and minimize the amount of maintenance we have to do each year on the trail. We also continued the war on musk thistle in Game Creek and buffed out the Shade Monkey trail that Snow King reestablished after they finished burying their snowmaking lines. The Teton Pass trails are almost snow free with lingering patches on Ski Lake, Phillip’s Pass, the north facing parts of Arrow, and most of the ridgeline of Black Canyon to Mt. Elly. If you are tenacious enough to hike through a mile of snow, come visit us next week on the upper parts of Black Canyon and remember the trail crew loves cookies.
Trail Conditions for 6-9-23
News & Announcements, Trail UpdatesThe crew had another busy week. We worked our way up Game and West Game focusing on brushing, drainage, and weeds. We cleared lower Blacks, Big Rocks, Crater, and lower History and are headed out to the pass bash on Saturday to get some free shuttle rides to chainsaw and clear the Arrow, Snotel, Ridge loop. We worked up Phillip’s Canyon and the lower Ridge trail and started work on the OPR Loops at the bottom of Black Canyon. We also finished touching up the Sink or Swim reroute that 50 hearty volunteers helped us start last Saturday. The trails on the pass are mostly dry with snow still lingering on the way to Mt. Elly, the upper parts of Ski Lake, and the north facing parts of the Ridge and Arrow trails. Heads up there will be closures on lower Phillip’s Canyon and the Ridge trail next week as fire crews continue work on the thinning project in that area.
Trail Conditions for 6-2-23
News & Announcements, Trail UpdatesMessage for the weekend! The ground it pretty saturated and with more rain on the way it may be a better idea to walk, ride, or gallop on the pathways this weekend. Footprints and hoofprints make the trail muddier for longer as each indentation holds small puddles of water, and tire tracks channel water down the trail and which encourages erosion. Our crews have already cleaned and dug hundreds of drainage features this spring which help to keep water off of the trails but you can help too by staying off the trails when they are muddy. The crews finished clearing the Snow King and Munger trails this week and are starting to work their way up from the base of Teton Pass. The snow line there is still around 8000 feet depending on aspect, although there looks to be fresh snow falling on the pass webcam as I speak. We are also working with Snow King to reestablish the Summit and Shade Monkey trails now that the grading is done and water line has been buried. Stay dry out there this weekend!