Wilderness Areas in the Yellowstone Country
Below are the Congressionally designated Wilderness Areas in the Greater Yellowstone.

Some of the vast uplands on the Buffalo Plateau of the Teton Wilderness in the
Bridger-Teton National Forest. Copyright Ralph Maughan


 

Idaho, none! But look what there could be!

Montana

• Lee Metcalf Wilderness (Madison Range, 4 separate units) Nov. 16, 2006
  
  Toward Wolf Creek in the Madison Range.
  Lee Metcalf Wilderness.
  © Ralph Maughan
   

• Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness (Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains).
  March 6, 2005

  
  The Beartooth Mountains
  Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
  Photo from the Beartooth Highway
  © Ralph Maughan
  

 

Wyoming

Upper Elbow Lake. Bridger Wilderness.
© Ralph Maughan     

• Bridger Wilderness (Wind River Mountains, west side)
  Updated June 1, 2006
• Fitzpatrick Wilderness (Wind River Mountains, northeast side) Feb. 16, 2004
• Gros Ventre Wilderness (Gros Ventre Mountains) Jan. 2, 2003

 

Peak near Granite Creek. Gros Ventre Range. Gros Ventre Wilderness
© Ralph Maughan
 

• Jedediah Smith Wilderness (West Slope of the Teton Range) Feb. 9, 2004

Fossil Mountain across Darby Cr. Jedediah Smith.
© Ralph Maughan
 
 

North Absaroka Wilderness (Absaroka Range) Sept. 15, 2005
  
Pilot Peak. © Ralph Maughan

 

• Popo Agie Wilderness (Wind River Mountains, southeast side). Oct. 21, 2003

Southernmost Wind Rivers. Popo Agie Ralph Maughan

• Teton Wilderness (Pinyon Peak Highlands and the Absaroka Range) Feb. 23, 2006

Simpson Peaks.. Teton Wilderness
© Ralph Maughan
 

• Washakie Wilderness (Absaroka Range) Sept. 11, 2005

Washakie Wilderness near the head of the Greybull River
© Ralph Maughan

• Winegar Hole Wilderness (Winegar Hole -- between Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks) Sept. 3, 2004

In the Winegar Hole. © Ralph Maughan

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Visits since Sept. 25, 1998

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