Let's Keep Our Trails Beautiful Together!
Friends of the Bridger-Teton helps maintain and support more than 2,000 miles of trails on the fifth-largest national forest in the U.S. With 3.4 million acres of breathtaking landscapes, the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) offers endless adventures.
Recreate Responsibly
While you enjoy all that BTNF has to offer, please recreate responsibly. Your actions help preserve this important resource for future generations.
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The U.S. Forest Service alone can’t keep up with all of the maintenance and work the BTNF’s trail network requires. We need everyone to pitch in and partner with us to preserve the forest’s stunning landscapes and resources. Whether it’s through donations, volunteering, or spreading the word—every bit helps.
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The Bridger-Teton National Forest is a special place. A donation to Friends of the Bridger-Teton helps us continue to keep it that for future generations.
Learn more at btfriends.org.
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We could not be more proud of Randy Roberts, who was just selected as a "Super Volunteer" by the JH News&Guide. Randy's work as an ambassador on Teton Pass is supported by FBT, Grand Teton Association, and the US Forest Service.
Much like Jay Pistono was known as the mayor of Teton Pass in the winter, Randy Roberts has served for over a decade as the mayor of Teton Pass in the summer. In this role he has turned his passion for people and responsible use into exceptional public service on behalf of visitors and locals alike. From his early roots as a Jackson elementary school teacher to expertise as a lifeguard, ski instructor, and acclaimed artist, Randy brings a wealth of experience and creativity as an educator to his service as an ambassador. Last summer, Randy and his fellow ambassadors interacted with 2,840 hikers, 1,151 bicyclists, 15 horse riders, and 1,300 dogs in the Teton Pass area. Just as impressive is the variety and number of tasks Randy does to help keep Teton Pass a local treasure.
Read more about Randy in this week's special Volunteer Section in the @jhnewsandguide
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #localhero #tetonpass @grandtetonassociation
Thanks to a grant from Wyoming State Trails, we have two full-time Snowmobile Trail Ambassadors, and they’ve been busy. Focused on high-use snowmobile trailheads on the Big Piney and Pinedale Districts like the Upper Green and Horse Creek Trailheads, between mid-January and mid-February, they had about 1,100 contacts with snowmobilers! And snowmobilers seem appreciative. Pinedale District recreation management specialist Jay Sammer reported that ambassador DJ Kirk got kudos from a BTNF visitor: “The visitor had a wonderfully positive and effective interaction with DJ and observed other visitors having similar interactions. The visitor said DJ was positive, understanding, clear, professional, informative, thorough, and thoughtful.” Monica Elliott, FBT’s Winter Ambassador Program Coordinator says she is pleased at how well this program is doing in its first year.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends @wyo.state.parks #btnfpinedaledistrict #uppergreenriver
It's time for another Spotlight On! And this time it's the Gros Ventre Slide.
The morning of June 23, 1925, the north face of Sheep Mountain in the Jackson District of the BTNF, had shown ominous signs of instability. At 4 p.m. that afternoon, 50 million cubic yards of the mountain fell off and rushed towards the valley floor.
It was one of the largest, fastest-moving landslides in the world: It all happened in about three minutes. At the time, Wyoming state surveyor W.O. Owen estimated that the builders of the Panama Canal could have gotten their jobs done in 54 minutes had they been able to move earth at the speed with which this landslide moved.
Guil Huff, a rancher in the area was riding his horse along the Gros Ventre River at the time of the slide. He reported that he and the horse escaped flying rocks and debris by a mere 20 feet, but 17 acres of his ranch were buried. “It reminded me of a flood of water and only the good horse upon which I was mounted prevented me from being buried. The whole thing was over in about a minute and a half,” Huff said at the time. Meanwhile, Guil’s wife, Violet, was in their house sewing. She reported seeing a portion of the moving slide through a west-facing window, but said she thought nothing of it.
The debris ran 300 feet up the opposite slope, damming the Gros Ventre River. The morning after the slide, the Huffs’ house was 18” deep with water. By June 29, it was floating in the newly formed lake. (A Forest Service ranger station in the area was lost to the new lake on July 3.) Today this lake is known as Lower Slide Lake.
To get to the site, head north on U.S. 189 from Jackson. At the Gros Ventre Junction, take the first exit from the traffic circle towards Kelly, which you’ll pass after about 8 miles. North of Kelly, turn right onto Gros Ventre River Road. Travel on the Gros Ventre River Road for approximately 5 miles.
This FREE event is now less than one month away.
Hope to see you there.
#bridgertetonfriends #jhchamber @wildlifeartjh @jhchamber
Check out our 2025 Impact Report. Link in bio.
#bridgertetonfriends #bridgertetonnationalforest #fbt2025impactreport #publiclands
We could not be more proud of Randy Roberts, who was just selected as a "Super Volunteer" by the JH News&Guide. Randy's work as an ambassador on Teton Pass is supported by FBT, Grand Teton Association, and the US Forest Service.
Much like Jay Pistono was known as the mayor of Teton Pass in the winter, Randy Roberts has served for over a decade as the mayor of Teton Pass in the summer. In this role he has turned his passion for people and responsible use into exceptional public service on behalf of visitors and locals alike. From his early roots as a Jackson elementary school teacher to expertise as a lifeguard, ski instructor, and acclaimed artist, Randy brings a wealth of experience and creativity as an educator to his service as an ambassador. Last summer, Randy and his fellow ambassadors interacted with 2,840 hikers, 1,151 bicyclists, 15 horse riders, and 1,300 dogs in the Teton Pass area. Just as impressive is the variety and number of tasks Randy does to help keep Teton Pass a local treasure.
Read more about Randy in this week's special Volunteer Section in the @jhnewsandguide
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #localhero #tetonpass @grandtetonassociation
Thanks to a grant from Wyoming State Trails, we have two full-time Snowmobile Trail Ambassadors, and they’ve been busy. Focused on high-use snowmobile trailheads on the Big Piney and Pinedale Districts like the Upper Green and Horse Creek Trailheads, between mid-January and mid-February, they had about 1,100 contacts with snowmobilers! And snowmobilers seem appreciative. Pinedale District recreation management specialist Jay Sammer reported that ambassador DJ Kirk got kudos from a BTNF visitor: “The visitor had a wonderfully positive and effective interaction with DJ and observed other visitors having similar interactions. The visitor said DJ was positive, understanding, clear, professional, informative, thorough, and thoughtful.” Monica Elliott, FBT’s Winter Ambassador Program Coordinator says she is pleased at how well this program is doing in its first year.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends @wyo.state.parks #btnfpinedaledistrict #uppergreenriver
It's time for another Spotlight On! And this time it's the Gros Ventre Slide.
The morning of June 23, 1925, the north face of Sheep Mountain in the Jackson District of the BTNF, had shown ominous signs of instability. At 4 p.m. that afternoon, 50 million cubic yards of the mountain fell off and rushed towards the valley floor.
It was one of the largest, fastest-moving landslides in the world: It all happened in about three minutes. At the time, Wyoming state surveyor W.O. Owen estimated that the builders of the Panama Canal could have gotten their jobs done in 54 minutes had they been able to move earth at the speed with which this landslide moved.
Guil Huff, a rancher in the area was riding his horse along the Gros Ventre River at the time of the slide. He reported that he and the horse escaped flying rocks and debris by a mere 20 feet, but 17 acres of his ranch were buried. “It reminded me of a flood of water and only the good horse upon which I was mounted prevented me from being buried. The whole thing was over in about a minute and a half,” Huff said at the time. Meanwhile, Guil’s wife, Violet, was in their house sewing. She reported seeing a portion of the moving slide through a west-facing window, but said she thought nothing of it.
The debris ran 300 feet up the opposite slope, damming the Gros Ventre River. The morning after the slide, the Huffs’ house was 18” deep with water. By June 29, it was floating in the newly formed lake. (A Forest Service ranger station in the area was lost to the new lake on July 3.) Today this lake is known as Lower Slide Lake.
To get to the site, head north on U.S. 189 from Jackson. At the Gros Ventre Junction, take the first exit from the traffic circle towards Kelly, which you’ll pass after about 8 miles. North of Kelly, turn right onto Gros Ventre River Road. Travel on the Gros Ventre River Road for approximately 5 miles.
This FREE event is now less than one month away.
Hope to see you there.
#bridgertetonfriends #jhchamber @wildlifeartjh @jhchamber
Check out our 2025 Impact Report. Link in bio.
#bridgertetonfriends #bridgertetonnationalforest #fbt2025impactreport #publiclands