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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.
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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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There have already been four snowmobile-related fatalities in Wyoming this season; all four of these have been on the BTNF. Wyoming State Trails Program Manager Forrest Kamminga said in a press release: “While many of our high-elevation snowmobile trail systems are officially open for business, the conditions are far less than desirable. Riders are going to encounter extremely icy and hard-packed snow conditions that significantly compromise the control of their snowmobiles.”
Among the current dangers are icy conditions. Lack of significant snowfall across the forest (and state) has resulted in hard and frozen base layers, which can compromise a user’s control of the machine: “What would be a manageable speed on fresh snow can become dangerously fast on ice,” WY State Trails advises.
Here are some recommendations from Wyoming State Trails for how to ride safe in the current conditions:
1. Consider adjusting behavior and riding style to match the current conditions.
2. Slow down: Reduced speed is the single most effective way to regain a manageable level of control on hard, icy trails. Create more distance and time to react and stop.
3. Scale back the ride: Consider choosing routes with less ambitious terrain, or shorter rides, until conditions improve.
4. Prioritize safety: “The goal of every outing should be to return home safely with a positive Wyoming snowmobile experience to share, not to push the limits of speed or machine capability in dangerous conditions,” the agency advises.
Photo courtesy @tetoncountysar
Read a @buckrailnews story with additional details in the link in our bio.
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Carl Pelletier is a Best Friend of the Bridger-Teton National Forest by respecting winter wildlife closures, which are important to helping local wildlife survive our harsh winters. Read more in this week's Daily.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #bffofthebtnf #lovepubliclands #publiclands nationalforests wyomingwildlands @visitjacksonhole getoutside jacksonholelife wildlandwonder @tetonconservation
Whether you've got the skills to ski Jackson Hole Mountain Resort's Corbet's Couloir, you can now watch other skiers and snowboarders launch into what is arguably the most famous ski run on the entire Bridger-Teton National Forest. Find the link to JHMR's newsest webcam in the link in our bio.
@jacksonhole #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #sendingit #kingsandqueens #kingsandqueensofcorbets corbetscouloir
White Pine is neither the oldest (Snow King) nor biggest (Jackson Hole Mountain Resort) of the three ski areas on the BTNF, but it is rich in community history. The U.S. Forest Service and the Pinedale Commercial Club first had the idea for a ski area near Pinedale in 1930. But it wasn’t until 1939 that Alf Engen, a famed Norwegian-American skier and Olympic ski coach (for the 1948 games) who, as a consulting technical advisor for the U.S. Forest Service assisted in the planning the development of winter sport areas on national forests in the intermountain West, came to the area. (In all, Engen helped with 27 ski areas in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.) He determined that Fortification Mountain at Surveyor Park would be the best site for a ski hill.
The Civilian Conservation Corps, which was stationed nearby at Fremont Lake, helped build a ski lodge and a small lift house for the 125-yard tow cable, which was run by a Chevrolet motor, and Surveyor Park Ski Area opened on January 5, 1940. Lift tickets were $1 and kids skied for free. The grand opening celebration on February 17, drew about 1,100 people and ski demonstrations by the Hicks Brothers from Hoback Basin included jumping, skiing through a hoop of fire, downhill runs, and a slalom course.
Read more in the link in our bio.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #spotlighton @whitepineresort #btnfski #wyominghistory @sublette.vc whitepinesresort wyomingskiareas localskiing pinedaledistrict pinedalehistory
Carl Pelletier is a Best Friend of the Bridger-Teton National Forest because it brings so much to his life, including meaningful experiences (like hiking Glory with his son, Bode) and a sense of wonder. Read more in this week's Daily.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #bffofthebtnf #lovepubliclands #publiclands nationalforests wyomingwildlands @visitjacksonhole getoutside jacksonholelife wildlandwonder
There have already been four snowmobile-related fatalities in Wyoming this season; all four of these have been on the BTNF. Wyoming State Trails Program Manager Forrest Kamminga said in a press release: “While many of our high-elevation snowmobile trail systems are officially open for business, the conditions are far less than desirable. Riders are going to encounter extremely icy and hard-packed snow conditions that significantly compromise the control of their snowmobiles.”
Among the current dangers are icy conditions. Lack of significant snowfall across the forest (and state) has resulted in hard and frozen base layers, which can compromise a user’s control of the machine: “What would be a manageable speed on fresh snow can become dangerously fast on ice,” WY State Trails advises.
Here are some recommendations from Wyoming State Trails for how to ride safe in the current conditions:
1. Consider adjusting behavior and riding style to match the current conditions.
2. Slow down: Reduced speed is the single most effective way to regain a manageable level of control on hard, icy trails. Create more distance and time to react and stop.
3. Scale back the ride: Consider choosing routes with less ambitious terrain, or shorter rides, until conditions improve.
4. Prioritize safety: “The goal of every outing should be to return home safely with a positive Wyoming snowmobile experience to share, not to push the limits of speed or machine capability in dangerous conditions,” the agency advises.
Photo courtesy @tetoncountysar
Read a @buckrailnews story with additional details in the link in our bio.
@wyo.state.parks #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #avalanchesafety #wyomingsnowmobiling #wyomingstatetrails tetoncountysar recreateresponsibly snowmobilesafety
Carl Pelletier is a Best Friend of the Bridger-Teton National Forest by respecting winter wildlife closures, which are important to helping local wildlife survive our harsh winters. Read more in this week's Daily.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #bffofthebtnf #lovepubliclands #publiclands nationalforests wyomingwildlands @visitjacksonhole getoutside jacksonholelife wildlandwonder @tetonconservation
Whether you've got the skills to ski Jackson Hole Mountain Resort's Corbet's Couloir, you can now watch other skiers and snowboarders launch into what is arguably the most famous ski run on the entire Bridger-Teton National Forest. Find the link to JHMR's newsest webcam in the link in our bio.
@jacksonhole #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #sendingit #kingsandqueens #kingsandqueensofcorbets corbetscouloir
White Pine is neither the oldest (Snow King) nor biggest (Jackson Hole Mountain Resort) of the three ski areas on the BTNF, but it is rich in community history. The U.S. Forest Service and the Pinedale Commercial Club first had the idea for a ski area near Pinedale in 1930. But it wasn’t until 1939 that Alf Engen, a famed Norwegian-American skier and Olympic ski coach (for the 1948 games) who, as a consulting technical advisor for the U.S. Forest Service assisted in the planning the development of winter sport areas on national forests in the intermountain West, came to the area. (In all, Engen helped with 27 ski areas in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.) He determined that Fortification Mountain at Surveyor Park would be the best site for a ski hill.
The Civilian Conservation Corps, which was stationed nearby at Fremont Lake, helped build a ski lodge and a small lift house for the 125-yard tow cable, which was run by a Chevrolet motor, and Surveyor Park Ski Area opened on January 5, 1940. Lift tickets were $1 and kids skied for free. The grand opening celebration on February 17, drew about 1,100 people and ski demonstrations by the Hicks Brothers from Hoback Basin included jumping, skiing through a hoop of fire, downhill runs, and a slalom course.
Read more in the link in our bio.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #spotlighton @whitepineresort #btnfski #wyominghistory @sublette.vc whitepinesresort wyomingskiareas localskiing pinedaledistrict pinedalehistory
Carl Pelletier is a Best Friend of the Bridger-Teton National Forest because it brings so much to his life, including meaningful experiences (like hiking Glory with his son, Bode) and a sense of wonder. Read more in this week's Daily.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #bffofthebtnf #lovepubliclands #publiclands nationalforests wyomingwildlands @visitjacksonhole getoutside jacksonholelife wildlandwonder