Bridger-Teton National Forest Catchments
BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST CATCHMENTS - RECOMMENDED SURVEY DATES:
1st Visit: generally late May to June 30.
2nd Visit: generally July 1 to August 1.
Survey dates are approximate and vary with elevation & annual snowpack. Click on a catchment to see survey dates.
Red Castles
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 10
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time: 2.4 hours
Nearest town: Big Piney
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 1 minute
Key features: Catchment is a mix of pothole ponds and wet meadows.
North Horse Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 5
Survey difficulty level: Difficult
Total survey time: 3.3 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 2 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of old oxbow ponds on the north side of North Horse Creek.
Bailey Meadows
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3.0 hours
Nearest town: Jackson or Dubois
Accessibility: All Vehicles; Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 2 hours
Key features: Catcment is a large wet meadow with a stream and several small pools.
Additional Notes: Grizzly Bear Habitat - Stay Bear Aware. Remember: You are responsible for your own safety and for the safety of those around you.
Lily Lake
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 5 (do not survey before mid-June due to nesting loons!)
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time: 3 hours
Nearest town: Jackson or Dubois
Accessibility: All Vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 1 minute
Key features: Catchment consists of a small lake and neighboring small ponds.
Corral Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 5
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3.5 hours
Nearest town: Kemmerer
Accessibility: High Clearance; Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 2.5 hours
Key features: Catchment is a collection of old oxbow ponds in wet meadows along Corral Creek. Dense willows.
Telephone Hollow
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3 hours
Nearest town: Afton or Jackson
Accessibility: All Vehicles; Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 5 minutes
Key features: Catchment is mostly stream and adjacent wet meadows with some pooled or slow moving water.
Hams Fork
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3.3 hours
Nearest town: Kemmerer
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 3 minutes
Key features: Waders advised!! Catchment is a collection of old oxbow ponds.
Pine Knoll
- 1st Visit: Adopted
- 2nd Visit: Adopted
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 2.5 hours
Nearest town: Afton
Accessibility: All Vehicles? Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 50 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of small ponds along a stream. Some areas may have dense willows.
Dutch Joe
- 1st Visit: Adopted
- 2nd Visit: Adopted
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 5
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: All Vehicles; Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 15 minutes
Key features: Catchment is primarily a collection of discrete ponds and marshy areas. Site 5 is a large marshy pond.
New Fork Lake
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 2.5 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: High Clearance?
Hiking time from access point: 40 minutes
Key features: Catchment consists of several groundwater-fed small ponds and wet meadows.
Green River
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 5
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3.5 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: All Vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 2 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a mix of wet meadows, a pond, and an oxbow next to the upper Green River.
Upper Hoback
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 -July 25
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Pinedale or Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 35 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of old oxbow ponds on both sides of the Hoback River.
Snider Basin
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – July 25
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Big Piney
Accessibility: Last 5.5 miles closed to vehicles
Hiking time from access point: Variable depending on access to FR10139
Key features: Catchment is a series of beaver ponds along a stream
Indian Trail Ponds
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – July 25
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: ~ 1 hour
Key features: Catchment is made up of several ponded sites along a stream.
Man Peak
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – July 25
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 45 minutes
Key features: Catchment is mix of small ponds, streams, and wet meadows.
Murphy Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 5 – July 20
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Jackson or Afton
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 2 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a mix of old oxbows on either side of Murphy Creek and an upland forest pond and wet meadow on the south side of the creek.
Elk Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 5 – July 20
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 40 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a creek with some small backwater areas and wet meadows.
North Fork Elk Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – July 25
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Kemmerer
Accessibility: High clearance vehicle needed
Hiking time from access point: 40 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a stream with several small ponds. May have areas with dense willows.
Break Neck Flats
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time: 3 hours
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles; Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 3 minutes
Key features: Catchment consists of a few small ponds in wet meadows along a creek.
Square Lake
- 1st Visit: Adopted
- 2nd Visit: Adopted
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 10
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 2.5 hours
Nearest town: Dubois
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 45 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of high elevation ponds and wet meadows.
Gros Ventre River
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3.5 hours
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: All Vehicles; Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 2 minutes
Key features: Catchment consists of multiple oxbows along the Gros Ventre River
Little Horse Creek
- 1st Visit: Avaliable
- 2nd Visit: Avaliable
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3.5 hours
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: All Vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 30 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a mix of small oxbow ponds and wet meadows along Little Horse Creek. Dense willows.
LaBarge Meadows
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 5
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3 hours
Nearest town: Kemmerer
Accessibility: All Vehicles; Consider camping due to long travel time.
Hiking time from access point: 2 minutes
Key features: Catchment contains wet meadows with numerous pools and oxbows along either side of LaBarge Creek. Dense willows and boggy footing!
Cross Lake
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 10
Survey difficulty level: Difficult
Total survey time: 3 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: All Vehicles; Backcountry camping required
Hiking time from access point: 10 hour hike into catchment from the access point.
Key features: Catchment is a mix of wet meadows and ponds along a stream.
North Buffalo Fork
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Difficult
Total survey time: 2.8 hours
Nearest town: Dubois
Accessibility: All vehicles; Backcountry camping required
Hiking time from access point: 2.5 hour hike into catchment from the access point.
Key features: Catchment is a mix of old oxbows and a tributary stream. Appears to have lots of willows.
Roaring Fork
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 10
Survey difficulty level: Difficult
Total survey time: 3.5 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: High clearance; Backcountry camping required
Hiking time from access point: 4.5 hours
Key features: Catchment is a collection of old oxbow ponds on both sides of the Roaring Fork River, with best habitat on the south side.
Lake Ethel
- 1st Visit: Adopted
- 2nd Visit: Adopted
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 15 - July 30
Survey difficulty level: Difficult
Total survey time: 2.5 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: All Vehicles; Backcountry camping required.
Hiking time from access point: 5 hours
Key features: Catchment is a collection of bogs and wet meadows.
Big Sandy
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 10
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time: 3 hours
Nearest town: Pinedale
Accessibility: All vehicles; Backcountry camping required
Hiking time from access point: 1.5 hours
Key features: Catchment encompasses 2 benches along a tributary above and east of the Big Sandy River; consists primarily of wet meadows and bogs adjacent to streams.
N. Fork Spread Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – August 1
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 45 minutes
Key features: Catchment consists of oxbows and wet meadows on either side of N. Fork Spread Creek. Footing can be uneven and boggy.
Buffalo Fork
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 5 – July 20
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Jackson or Dubois
Accessibility: All Vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 2 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a mix of old oxbow ponds (some of which might be dry) and wet meadows along the Buffalo Fork River.
Lost Lake
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 20 - August 5
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time: 2 hours
Nearest town: Jackson or Dubois
Accessibility: All Vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 45 minutes
Key features: Catchment consists of a number of small ponds
and bogs in wet meadows.
Willow Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 5 – July 20
Survey difficulty level: Moderate
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: High clearance vehicle needed
Hiking time from access point: ~1 hour
Key features: Catchment consists of oxbows and wet meadows on either side of Willow Creek. Footing can be uneven and boggy.
Arizona Lake
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 5 – July 20
Survey difficulty level: Difficult
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles
Hiking time from access point: 40 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of bogs and small ponds in wet meadow/marsh. Unstable footing in bogs may be present.
Bacon Ridge
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – August 1
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Pinedale or Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles?
Hiking time from access point: 35 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of pools and bogs in wet meadows.
Strawberry Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – August 1
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Pinedale or Jackson
Accessibility: All vehicles?
Hiking time from access point: 8 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of pools and bogs in wet meadows.
Rock Creek
- 1st Visit: Available
- 2nd Visit: Available
Survey dates: Both visits completed between June 10 – July 25
Survey difficulty level: Easy
Total survey time:
Nearest town: Kemmerer
Accessibility: All vehicles?
Hiking time from access point: 15 minutes
Key features: Catchment is a collection of small ponds along a stream. Some areas may have dense willows.
