National Park Service Grand Teton U.S. Department of Interior Grand Teton National Park John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway Saddle and Pack Stock Horses and other stock have been historically used in the park and parkway. “Stock” is defned as horses, burros, mules, and llamas. Goats are not permitted due to the sensitivity of the local bighorn sheep population. Stock users share trails with hikers— please be considerate of other trail users. Many trails are rocky and traverse steep terrain. High country trails may remain blocked by snow and impassable to stock until late July. Please refrain from accessing trails that are overly muddy. Check with the park permits ofce 307-739-3309 prior to setting out. Many horse travelers camp in the adjoining national forest land and take day rides in the park. The primary trailheads for day use are: • Cathedral Group Turnout • Poker Flats Trailhead • Taggart Lake Trailhead Camping Backcountry Camping with Stock Stock Campsites Accessible by Vehicle Backcountry camping with stock is allowed only at There are eight camping areas with a total of 14 sites the fve designated stock sites in the park. Fires are not that allow stock in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial allowed and a backcountry camping permit is required. Parkway along the unpaved road between Flagg Ranch The sites may be reserved in advance from early-January and Grassy Lake. The road is closed until June 1 for to mid-May through www.recreation.gov; the reservation grizzly bear migration. Park campgrounds prohibit stock. fee is $45. The fee for walk-in permits, available up to one day in advance, is $35. All backcountry stock camps are Camping with stock animals is allowed in adjacent signed and hitch rails are provided. national forest areas without a permit. Further information may be obtained from the Bridger-Teton Backcountry stock camp locations: National Forest, Box 1888, Jackson, Wyoming 83001, 307- • North Fork of Granite Canyon 739-5500 or the Targhee National Forest, Driggs, Idaho • Death Canyon 83422, 208-354-2312. • South Fork of Cascade Canyon • Paintbrush Canyon below Holly Lake • Berry Creek near Hechtman Creek Regulations General Regulations designated horse trail north of Jenny Lake Overlook. • No party may have more than 12 head of stock for day • Holly Lake trail from the Holly Lake hitch rail past use or 12 people or 10 head of stock for overnight trips. Holly Lake to the Paintbrush Canyon trail. • Grazing is prohibited. Processed feed must be packed in • The String Lake trail and east lakeshore from the String and used for all overnight trips; no hay may be packed Lake trailhead to the Jenny Lake Lodge trail except in. Where allowed, all hay used in the park must be adjacent to the String Lake footbridge. certifed as weed free in compliance with Teton County • Please see Superintendent's Compendium for complete standards. language. www.nps.gov/grte/learn/management/ • The construction of corrals, picketing, hobbling or upload/2019-Compendium-FINAL-access.pdf tying stock to natural features such as trees is prohibited. If hitch rails are not available, tie a rope Areas Open to Stock Use between two trees away from water sources. All travel with stock must be on designated trails with the • Llama trekkers should yield the right of way to other following exceptions: stock. Give a verbal warning regarding the presence • Travel is allowed south of the RKO Road, north of the of llamas to those on horseback as soon as the riders are Chapel of the Transfguration Road, east of the Teton in hearing range. Llama trekkers should leave the trail Park Road and west of the Snake River. and remain stationary until horses have passed. • Travel is allowed east of the Snake River to the east park • For safety reasons, only well-broken, properly shod boundary, north of the south park boundary/Gros (except llamas), gentle stock in good condition may be Ventre River and south of the Bufalo Fork. used. • Travel is allowed between Moose Basin Divide and • Keep stock animals at a slow walk when passing near Forellen Divide; and between Horsethief Pass and the people on foot or bicycle. Moose Basin patrol cabin. • Stock animals have the right-of-way. Hikers should step • Stock are permitted in hunt areas during the park's elk of the trail and remain quiet while stock animals pass. reduction program. • In the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, of- Closed Trails trail travel is allowed. • All trails within the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve; except along the northeast and north portions of the Prohibited Actions lake. (Please see inset map on back.) The following are prohibited: • The Multi-use Pathway except for bridges over the • The use of animals other than those designated as stock Snake River, Cottonwood Creek, and Ditch Creek. to transport equipment. • Rendezvous Mountain trail from the park boundary to • The use of stock animals outside of trails, routes or the Middle Fork cutof of Granite Canyon trail. areas designated for their use. • Surprise and Amphitheater Lakes and Garnet Canyon • The use of stock animals on a park road, except where from the Valley Trail. travel is necessary to access designated trails, areas of • Hidden Falls foot trail from the Jenny Lake west shore private property where no alternative trails or routes boat dock to the junction with the horse trail west of have been designated; or when the road has been closed Inspiration Point. (Please see inset map on back.) to motor vehicles. • The foot trail on the east shore of Jenny Lake between • Free-trailing or loose-herding of stock animals. the outlet of Jenny Lake and the junction of the Rev. 1/2020 Backcountry Stock Be Bear Aware • Black and grizzly bears live Flagg Ranch G throughout the park and parkway r assy La and may be active any time of the k e Phelps Lake Area day or night. R oad • Proper food storage is required Phelps Lake TAGGART by federal law. Do not allow bears DEATH Overlook LAKE CANYON or other wildlife to obtain human or stock food. Refer to the park's JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. Death Canyon Backcountry brochure for proper Trailhead food storage while camping in the MEMORIAL PARKWAY North * * backcountry. * * * '. * Horses Allowed \ * * * * * * * • BERRY CREEK~-' l 89 Horses NOT Allowed * * -- -- - · - - ✓~ A . ~ -- -· -- ,. '· * PHELPS * * -· -· I '• \ 191 * d * Forellen a * LAKE * 287 o * R * * ei Divide ' . 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