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.
Trails are starting to melt out and with a 60 degree Saturday coming up it seemed like a good time to start trail reports for the season. The usual things are dry, the first part of Putt Putt and Sidewalk, the S 89 Singletrack and the Game Creek Connector. Sadly A&W is not open this year as the land managers reversed their decision. Elsewhere you can explore trails that are outside of the winter wildlife closures but be prepared to meet snow and mud. Hopefully with warmer temps and the May 1 opening there will be much more to report next week. As you get out and explore use our trail maintenance request button on our website to report any down trees or other problems. I have been poking around doing dirt work and drainage and will keep clearing and opening trails next week. Also if you need some early season stoke come out to the Bicycle Film Festival on Thursday May 1 at the Center for the Arts at 5:30pm.
Good news! The pathway along North Highway 89 opens Saturday, April 19! This opening is earlier than the usual opening of April 30. Sweet!
In coordination with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation is sweeping and cleaning the pathway north of Jackson adjacent to Highway 89 today to ensure the pathway is clear of debris before it opens for users on Saturday, April 19.
As wildlife continues to migrate from the National Elk Refuge, please take caution when using the pathway and give wildlife the right-of-way.
The Teton Park Road is plowed and ready for joggers, cyclists and even rollerbladers. People can enjoy 14 miles of snow-free pavement from Taggart Lake Trailhead to Signal Mountain Lodge, all without worrying about traffic until May 1.
@yellowstonenps enthusiasts have their chance to enjoy car-free roads too. Nearly 50 miles of road between the west entrance in West Yellowstone and the north entrance in Gardiner opened to non-motorized travel on April 5.
Enjoy!
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@bicyclefilmfestival is coming to Jackson Hole on May 1 @thecenterjh with a curated screening of short films. Hosted by @friendsofpathways, enjoy handfire pizza, snake river brewing’s putt putt trail ale, and a bike vendor village before the show! Documentaries, narratives, animations, award-winning directors, and emerging talents – all share equal billing. Take a journey around the globe celebrating the bicycle. It’s Bicycle Film Festival’s 25th Anniversary celebrating bicycles through art, film, and music. BFF has spanned the world to an audience of one million people in over 100 cities worldwide - and now Jackson Hole! Let’s celebrate. Bikes Rock! Link in bio for BFF Jackson Hole tickets.
The rise of e-bikes has brought a surge of positive and negative repercussions to our Teton County pathways. Friends of Pathways received an Opportunities Grant from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole to explore this topic, and whether changes in e-bike regulation, public education and/or pathway design would benefit the public.
We want to hear from you! Please take our e-bike use survey at the link in our profile. Now is your chance to share your thoughts with a larger group of pathway stakeholders, including Teton County, Town of Jackson, law enforcement and federal government representatives.
Take they survey at the link 🔗 in our bio !
Winter Trails Day is Saturday, March 1, noon - 3 p.m. at the Cache Creek Trailhead!
Free demo skis, fat bikes, and snowshoes!
Free snacks and hot drinks!
Come try a new sport on the 12 miles of winter singletrack groomed by Friends of Pathways!
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Winter is blowing in, and as the snow stacks up, Friends of Pathways is grooming 12+ miles of winter singletrack in the Cache Creek area - the only free winter singletrack in Jackson Hole.
Currently, all the winter trails are ridable (although thin). Grooming has begun and will go through April, weather depending. If you enjoy using these trails, please give to FOP’s Winter Grooming Campaign!
Thanks to @velo_twentytwo , the source for cycling events and routes in Teton County, who started us off with a generous $1,000 donation!
Donate $30 or more to this campaign and you will be entered to win one of three prizes from our generous partners!
You could win a Salsa Heyday Fat Bike from @openrangecycles , a one-night stay this winter at @turpinranch , or winter running shoes, sports nutrition and supplements from @skinnyskis .
Donate at the link in our bio!
In the fall and the spring, hundreds of students in Jackson Hole bike to school, thanks to Teton County’s well-connected pathway network. @friendsofpathways wants to make sure kids get to school safe, so once a year we do bike safety checks at the middle school - the epicenter of e-bikes! Many thanks to @wheelwranglers @openrangecycles @hobacksports and @thehub_jh for helping do bike safety checks this year.
Sweet bollard bike lanes
That connect community
Will be gone Monday
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That’s a bollard haiku to let you know that on Monday, October 14, 2024 Teton County Parks and Rec will be removing the bollard bike lanes from Willow Street and Snow King Avenue for the season.
While it will be sad to see them go, let’s celebrate the thousands of people who use the pathway network daily.
This year, from May 1 - Sept 30, Snow King Ave alone saw 126,552 total bike trips. That’s 827 average trips a day. 🚲
The peak daily use on Snow King Ave. was July 4th when 2,014 bike trips were taken. 🇺🇸
There have been 1,201,610 total trips on all pathways so far this year! 🙌
Friends of Pathways
Friends of Pathways champions a safe, connected system of pathways, trails, bike lanes and sidewalks that encourage active transportation and healthy recreation in our Jackson Hole community.
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610 W Broadway Avenue, Suite 204
Jackson, WY 83001
307.733.4534
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Trail Conditions for 5-31-24
News & Announcements, Trail UpdatesThis week crews cleared Game, West Game, upper Wilson Canyon, Crater, History, and Big Rocks. Snow is melting fast and only a few drifts are lingering on the steep north facing spots on the Cache-Game system. Teton Pass is opening up as well with most trails being snow free up to 7000 feet or so depending on shade and aspect. If you would like to help us on trails come out for National Trails Day this weekend on Teton Pass. We will be working from 9-12 on the History and Big Rocks trails, building a bridge and a turnpike. Meet at the bottom of Old Pass Road for coffee and bagels and lunch after, hope to see you there!
Trail Conditions for 5-24-24
News & Announcements, Trail UpdatesThe snow and rain have slowed trails melting out but there is dry-ish dirt out there to be found. The lower trails on Snow King below Sink or Swim are all in pretty good shape as is Putt Putt. The upper part of Hagen and Ferrins have a few lingering snow spots, and so do the other north facing areas. Crews have cleared everything in Cache and on the front side of Snow King and are working in Game Creek over the holiday weekend. Beware of the fresh dirt work on the Game Creek singletrack on the east side of the beaver ponds as it will soak up any rain on Saturday and be muddier than other more compact trails. If you are heading up that way take the Beaver Ponds Loop on the west side instead, and maybe bring some snacks for the hard working MCC crew were hired to help us with some trail work and clearing this spring. They will be camped up Game Creek til next week when they head over to Teton Pass. Keep next Saturday morning, June 1 in mind as its National Trails Day and we will be meeting at the base of the Old Pass Road to do some work on the History and Big Rocks trails. We hope to see you there, have a great weekend!
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.