The History Trail is a local's favorite for a pretty, shady, wooded hike at there base of Teton Pass. Dog friendly, easy access from Trail Creek Road/base of Old Pass Road. Makes a quick, nice loop, or climb all the way to Teton Pass. Nicely maintained by Bridger-Teton US Forest Service.

A bit scary for those of us not used to mountains, but worth the trip. Amazing views and enough places to stop and take in the views.

Join Jackson Hole locals walking their dogs (off leash!) up the Old Pass Road. It is paved, since it was originally the way to get from Idaho to Jackson. If you don't like dogs don't go.

The History Trail is located in the Bridger-Teton National Forest! This forest consists of 3.4 million acres, making it the third largest National Forest outside Alaska. Before the U.S. Forest Service built Old Pass Road in 1913, this is approximately the route wagons and freight sleighs took over Teton Pass. Our hike took us 4 miles, downhill, no problem. We met at the bottom of the pass, which connects Wilson, Wyoming to Victor, Idaho and carpooled up to the top of the pass, which sits at 8425 feet of altitude. The hike down was about a 2000 ft. difference, through forest and amazing wildflowers. There were so many plants and wild flowers; at times they were as tall as me and if someone wasn’t leading the hike, I easily could have lost the trail! I have never hiked through a forest like this, along a hard running stream. Some of the flowers I saw and learned about were, Columbine, Indian Paintbrush, Monkshood, Cow Parsnip, Wild Carrot, Delphinium and the poisonous Red Baneberry plant which was used to make poisonous arrows. I also saw stands of Aspen, one of my favorite trees. At one stream crossing that was pretty big, we stopped to see how we were going to cross and when we looked up, there was a huge moose along with her baby staring at us on the other side of the stream, so cute, but the momma was so big, almost the size of a horse! The momma moose almost had her head cocked as if to say “what are you doing here and you better not come any closer!” Moose can be very dangerous, especially if they are protecting their babies. It was getting dark, and they were right on the trail across the river. I wasn’t sure how long we were going to have to wait there, but she soon moved down and off the trail. The hike down took us almost three hours. It was a great hike, one I will not soon forget and a great way to begin my hiking experiences here in Wyoming