River trip Grand Tetons

$58 3-hour "river float" (easy rafting) or $73 for an evening float with supper.  On Snake River, starting in Jackson Hole, within the Grand Teton National Park.

Llama Trekking

$125 for a (6 hour) day hike with llamas carrying your gear.

backcountry shuttle

Our Backcountry Shuttle Service can carry up to 6 people, gear and boats to backcountry drop-off locations and campsites on Yellowstone Lake.

Set up a base camp from which to explore remote locations (by paddle or foot) of Yellowstone. Use the service to get you to a better starting point for your backpacking trip. With this service, you can have a true Yellowstone backcountry experience with all the conveniences of car-camping.

Bridge Bay Marina is 20 miles from Grant Village.

Drop off points include: Eagle Bay, Wolf Bay, Plover Point, Promontory, Columbine Creek on the east shore of the mouth of the Southeast arm. The shuttle can be booked one way, round trip or for any point-to-point service from the five mentioned drop off points as well as to and from Bridge Bay Marina.

$152 for the shuttle, but we could try to meet up with some other people and share the cost since the shuttle can take 6 people.

ROOSEVELT OLD WEST DINNER COOKOUT

In Yellowstone, an activity to do one evening is a cowboy dinner cookout:

Grab the saddles and hitch up the wagon for an evening you won't soon forget. You can ride out to Yancy's Hole on a horse or in a covered wagon. When you arrive you'll find those cooks dishin' up some real cowboy grub at our popular Old West Dinner Cookout. The coffee's brewin' over the open campfire, and our wranglers love talkin' your ears off over a strong "cup o' Joe!" When we ring the "dinner bell", you'll line up for real western beef steaks cooked to order, our signature Roosevelt Baked Beans, potato salad, coleslaw, cornbread muffins, and fruit crisp. And if all this is not enough, you'll find your boots tappin' to old western songs sung by our singin' cowboy. You may have come here as a city slicker, but you'll go back as a regular cowpoke! 

$55 if you ride in the wagon, $80 to ride a horse for 2 hours.  Babies free.

Heart Lake and Mount Sheridan

In The Rough Guide to Yellowstone & Grand Teton the hike from Heart Lake to Mount Sheridan is considered a fantastic first choice for an overnight trip into Yellowstone's backcountry (p 155).

Kepler Cascades to Lone Star Geyser

In The Rough Guide to Yellowstone & Grand Teton on p. 78 there is a map over West Thumb. It should be a nice two day walk to go from Kepler Cascades to the camp site after Lone Star Geyser and back again. It was also recommended in the Lonely Planet guide which had much fewer suggestions for Yellowstone.

Mount Washburn

In The Rough Guide to Yellowstone & Grand Teton the hike up Mount Washburn is said to be rated by many rangers to be the best for those who only have time for one hike (pp 125). It is a 5 mile roundtrip estimated to take 3-5 hours. It is possible to camp half way to the top to make the trip to the top less strenuous.

Camping in Yellowstone

Reservations for campsites must be made by phone if we want to stay inside the park.  Showers are only available at Canyon and Grant Village campsites!!  $20 and walking distance to good stuff (restaurants, sites, trails).

Otherwise we can stay 6 miles outside the Yellowstone West Entrance at a KOA site that has a pool.  Camping costs about $40.  Or, for under $100 we can stay in a cabin inside the park (shared bathrooms) if booked a few months in advance.  The cheapest are $66.

Reservations for everything should be made about 2 months in advance, or as early as possible if we want a campsite in the park within walking distance of a shower.  Some campsites in the park are first come first serve so even without a reservation we stand a chance, but in July and August they fill up by 8am...