Jackson Hole Outfitters

Back-Country All-Day Trail Rides

Outfitter Sy Gilliland

Wyoming Outfitter License #BG001       A Bridger-Teton National Forest Permittee    Operating near Greys River, Wyoming Grant Gertsch, professional guide and camp manager PO Box 3209, Alpine, WY 83128 (307) 654-7008 or send email Site updated June 14th, 2007

Just your family or group.
Personal service just for you!

We provide all-day horse rides with lunch near Greys River, south of Jackson Hole.  On our rides we see tourists near the roads but from the time we get on a horse and head up the trail until the time we return hours later, we almost never see humans. 

How we differ.  I often have people ask how we differ from other trail ride companies.  I haven't ridden with the others, but from talking with our guests that have, these are the points they make:

• Our scenery is more spectacular.  You just can't get any prettier than where we ride.
  
• Our area is uncrowded.  We almost never meet another human after we leave the trailhead.  Some of those who go into other areas report that every half hour they have to move off the trail for another group to pass going the other way.  Sometimes going the same way one group goes faster than another and they are basically riding with that other large group until an opportunity to pass.  They eat their dust for a while.
  
• We have smaller groups, usually just your family by yourselves.  We try to keep the groups to five or fewer.
• We are easier to get along with, allowing those in the back of the group to hold back and trot or gallop to catch up.  A little fast riding is permissible, within reason.  We are cautious with this as Search and Rescue services are a long ways off, not only to get a paramedic but also to find phone service, and getting an injured person out of where we ride would be difficult.
  
• We are cheaper.  We have to be a little less because we are a little further from Jackson, 35 miles.
  
• We allow children to ride.  We don't have an age limit.  Kids can be put in a buddy seat behind the adult on the same horse, or an older child can ride their own horse and we tie it behind an adult horse so it can't do anything it is not supposed to.

Those are just some of the reasons you should ride with us.

Sorry, No Half Day Rides. We don't do half-day rides simply because it takes a guide, a truck, a trailer, and horses, and basically prevents us from having them available for our all-day rides.  Guides don't like just a half of day work and we can't get to some of our gorgeous scenery in a half day and do it justice. On our all-day rides we seldom are in the saddle for more than 4 hours.  We typically ride a half hour, stop and relax, ride another half hour, rest stop, then another half hour and have an hour lunch, cooking burgers on the trail.  In the afternoon we repeat the procedure, being in the saddle for 2 1/2 hours, scattered throughout the afternoon.  We realize our guests don't ride much, so we  take it easy on them, but still get into great country.  However, if you want to go farther and faster just let your guide know at the start of your trip.

Directions: Hwy 89 south from Jackson for 35 miles to Alpine.  At the stop sign by the Chevron Station turn right, then just 200 yards across the parking lot and we will meet at a small building, Riding & Rafts, 9 am.  The phone number for Jackson Hole Trail Rides is (307) 654-7008. If no answer please leave a message. We operate June, July, and August.   NO SUNDAY RIDES 

Location:
Jackson Hole Outfitters Back-Country Trail Rides are near the Grey's River in the Salt River Range.  These rugged mountains have the same scenic beauty as the Teton Range, just 30 miles to the north, as the eagle flies. This area has not been discovered by the summer crowds that pack Jackson Hole. We ride from an elevation of 7,000 feet to 10,000 foot peaks.  You can find real peace and solitude without having to horseback many miles into a remote wilderness.