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Bridger-Teton National Forest

Temporary Route Around Landslide Identified For Recreationists

The following is a news release from the Bridger-Teton National Forest Alpine, Wyo., February 21, 2018 – As the landslide continues to move on the Greys River Road, 17 miles from the parking lot in Alpine, Wyoming, the Bridger-Teton National…

Greys River landslide still moving 10-20 feet per day. New pictures and video of slide included.

More pictures of the slow moving landslide in the Greys River Canyon have been posted to social media.  The slide caused the closure of the Greys River Road, or Forest Service Road 10138, 17 miles south of Alpine. The owners of…

Slow moving slide prompts closure of Greys River Road

*Update* The Greys River Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest has implemented a temporary closure order for a portion of the Greys River Road near Alpine, Wyoming due to a large landslide that has compromised the road. The closed…

Pennsylvania woman sentenced for setting fires near Moran

MORAN, Wyo., January 9, 2018 – Stephanie Joy Nicole Dodson, 45, of Everett, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on January 2, 2018, on two felony counts of timber set afire. Dodson was arrested in…

Commissary avalanche claims the life of Utah man

A 35-year-old Utah man has died at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after he was buried for a short time in the Commissary Ridge area of the Bridger-Teton National forest southeast of Star Valley. Brennan Walpole was snowmobiling with…

Bridger-Teton National Forest Selling Christmas Tree Permits

The Bridger-Teton National Forest is selling of Christmas tree permits from any of the Bridger-Teton National Forest District Offices which include the Kemmerer, Big Piney, Pinedale, Greys River (Afton), and Blackrock Ranger Stations. Permits are also sold at the Bureau…