Gros Ventre Wilderness XC travel from Green River Lakes to Jackson

You can easily hitchhike to HQ in Moose from downtown Jackson, and back, or take a cab.

Mike, I haven't been in those particular areas, but based on my experience in the Tetons and South Absarokas I don't see any red flags on your route. Likely some loose scree to be had, but also plenty of awesome tundra and game trails. Lots of elk activity in those areas. Certainly a worthy alternate route.

If you're moving fast and jigger your days right you might be able to get through the Tetons, or at least the busy southern part, camping west in the NF. I assume getting a walk-in permit for the northern zones would be easier.

Thank you David! That's good to hear. Scree, tundra and elk trails sound great! I'm planning about 25 miles a day on trails at that point in the trip, somewhat less off trail. Definitely going for the walk in permit for the Tetons. Hopefully I can time things to get into Jackson on a weekday and avoid the weekend crowds and moving fast always helps.

Christian have you done any hitching in the Jackson area? It seems like the type of place with too many scared tourists but maybe the locals are cool.

I think we cabbed it from the Airport to Moose ($8?). We hitched from Moose to the hotel (road tripping tourist couple) and from the hotel to the trail head on Teton Pass Hwy (22) before our hike (local guy in a crew cab truck). Don't think we waited more than 10 minutes either time.

From Jenny Lake back to town, we called for a cab ($30 I think), mostly because we were really ready for pizza and beer straight away. Jenny Lake is tourist central, so I could see it being a bit challenging to get a ride from there.

I was with my wife, which does tend to increase the "non-threatening quotient."

But getting from downtown Jackson to Moose should be straight forward — it's straight up the highway. Lots of cars going that way.

BTW, that looks like a great hike.

Thanks! Will definitely be a highlight of the CDT, wind river range then the Teton's then yellowstone. All places I've never been!

Sounds like hitching would work ok then, thanks for the votes of confidence Christian and David!

In case anyone is curious here's my "final" route: http://caltopo.com/map?id=5F71

I did a blog post with maps here: http://theuncalculatedlife.blogspot.com/2015/01/tapons-teton-route.html

Caltopo is pretty incredible for planning, they even have USFS and NPS visitor center maps for the overview!