Sheep Pass
- 9.5 mi
- round trip
- 655 ft
- climb
- 9,999 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Sheep Pass open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Bridger-Teton National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Bridger-Teton National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Sheep Pass is a 9.5-mile out-and-back hike in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest, managed by the Forest Service. It rises from a low point of about 9,096 feet to a high of about 9,999 feet, with a total elevation gain of about 655 feet for the one-way climb. The trail is rated hard and is open year round. Bikes and horses are both allowed, and the trail surface is natural. Nearby, the Upper Mink Creek and Way Trail hikes both sit about 2 miles away, and Slide Lake is roughly 3 miles off. For camping, the Cottonwood Group Picnic Site and Cottonwood Lake Campground are each about 4 miles from the pass.
Local outfitters
- Greys River Cove41 mi away
- Yellowstone Trail RV Park48 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Upper Mink CreekHiking2.1 mi
- Way TrailHiking2.1 mi
- Slide LakeHiking3.3 mi
- Cottonwood Group Picnic SiteCamping3.9 mi
- Cottonwood Lake CgCamping4 mi
Cottonwood Group CampsiteCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain4.1 mi- Greys RiverCanoeing4.9 mi
Salt RiverCanoeingPhoto: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Upper Mink CreekHiking · ~4 min drive
- Way TrailHiking · ~4 min drive
- Way TrailHiking · ~5 min drive
- Way Trail #079Hiking · ~9 min drive
- North Fork Smiths ForkHiking · ~8 min drive
- Spring Creek (Greys River)Hiking · ~7 min drive
- Mink CreekHiking · ~6 min drive
- Wyoming Peak TrailHiking · ~10 min drive
- Trail Fork #037Hiking · ~8 min drive
- Wagner Mt - Poker HollowHiking · ~9 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Spring Creek FallsWaterfall · ~4 min drive
- Wagner LakeLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Cottonwood Group CampsiteCamping · ~7 min drive
Wyoming PeakSummit · ~12 min drivePhoto: Cwicks, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Salt RiverCanoeing · ~13 min drivePhoto: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)