Horseback Riding, Fly Fishing, and Hiking
Flat Creek Ranch Extension
Overview
Ride a horse, fish in a legendary trout stream, hike the trails of Bridger-Teton National Forest. Historic Flat Creek Ranch (nearest neighbor—10 miles away!) is a fantastic getaway for couples, families, and friends. Enjoy your own cozy cabin and fine dining in the main lodge. This extension must be taken pre-trip on our group itinerary, but can be taken pre- or post-trip on our Private Journey.
Please note: Extensions must begin on a Friday.
Please note: Extensions must begin on a Friday.
Arrive: Jackson, Wyoming
Depart: Jackson, Wyoming
Highlights
- Ride a horse, fish in a legendary trout stream, hike the trails of Bridger-Teton National Forest
Itinerary
An afternoon transfer brings you 16 miles across the National Elk Refuge and into the mountains over a private jeep track. At the end of the road, you reach the hidden Flat Creek Ranch, where you are welcomed for cocktail hour and dinner at the ranch. Flat Creek Ranch offers five log cabins with creekside or lake views and a main lodge building whose kitchen is supplied with local, organic meat and produce. Overnight at Flat Creek Ranch?BD
Head out this morning for a half-day horseback ride in the Gros Ventre National Wilderness Area, with 287,000 acres of pine forests, mountains, and steep valleys. Return for a delicious lunch at the ranch. In the afternoon, try your hand at fly fishing, with instruction, on the ranch's mile-and-a-half stretch of upper Flat Creek's challenging waters or on 50-acre Flat Creek Lake. Enjoy appetizers and dinner tonight at the ranch. Overnight at Flat Creek Ranch?BLD
Today get out and active with a half-day hike in Bridger-Teton National Forest. There are rigorous hikes or easy ambles that will bring you across elk trails and brilliant meadows with stunning views. Your afternoon is at leisure to read a book on the porch of your private cabin, hop on one of the stand-up paddle boards, or kayaks and head out onto the lake. Enjoy appetizers and dinner tonight at the ranch. Overnight at Flat Creek Ranch...BLD
If you take this extension pre-trip, you'll be transferred to Jackson after breakfast to join the main Yellowstone & Grand Teton Wildlife Adventure. If you take it post-trip, you will have one last morning at the ranch before returning to Jackson Hole Airport for your flight home. Departing flights should leave between noon and 4:00 pm?B
Pricing
Trip Extensions can be added on to Small Group Adventures or Private Journeys, to lengthen and customize your trip. Prices are per person and not guaranteed until services are confirmed. Contact us for availability, questions, or to book your adventure!Included
Not Included
Accommodations
Scroll through our signature accommodations for this trip below. Although it is highly unlikely, we may make substitutions when necessary.
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Itinerary
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Trip Levels
With more than 200 different adventures to choose from, we want to help you find the trip that’s right for you. Our Trip Level system ranks each trip in two ways: a number rating from 1 to 6 according to the activity, and general travel rigors. 1 is the easiest and 6+ the most difficult—see descriptions below for explanations of each number. A plus (+) sign means the trip is a bit more strenuous than other trips of that level. The detailed explanation of each trip—below the bar with the number rating—is perhaps more important, specifying activities, altitudes, hiking, and travel conditions. The Detailed Itinerary, available by download or mail, gives further information. Our Area Managers can also answer questions and guide you to the trip that best suits your interests.
Level 1 – Easiest
Non-camping journeys, optional walks, little elevation gain or loss.
Level 2 – Easy to Moderate
Hotel nights and/or safari-style camping, hikes of two to four hours on some days. Other physical activities are sometimes included, such as optional sea kayaking.
Level 3 – Moderate
Half- to full-day hikes (3-6 hours) over rolling countryside on most days, occasional steep trails. Many of our hotel-based walking tours are in this category, as are our snorkeling adventures.
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- Some trips with minimal hiking but rugged travel conditions or long drives, such as Tribal Ghana, Togo & Benin, are Trip Level 3.
Level 4 – Moderate to Strenuous
Full-day hikes (4-6 hours), mountainous terrain, significant elevation gains and losses (hiking up or down as much as 3,000 feet) on many days. Altitudes no greater than about 10,000 feet.
Level 5 – Strenuous
Full-day hikes (4-8 hours), mountainous, steep terrain (hiking up or down as much as 3,500 feet) on many days. Trips with hiking at average altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet are in this category.
Level 6 – Very Strenuous
Full-day hikes (5-8 hours), mountainous, steep terrain (hiking up or down as much as 3,500 feet) on many days. Most hikes take place at altitudes above 10,000 feet, with some days ascending as high as 18,000 feet.