The Little Greys River Trail is a treat, the drive up from Alpine is gorgeous, a short way out of Alpine you enter the Greys River Narrows (the whitewater section) and there are some nice views of the river. After you turn up the Little Greys River Road it is hard to resist the temptation to stop and fish this beckoning meandering stream. If you persevere and make it past the fishing holes soon you enter some wide open grassy valleys and hills accentuated with forested peaks in the background, not the kind of country I expected, a pleasant surprise.

The trail begins near the end of Little Greys River Road #10047. The trailhead°s beginning elevation is 6,950 feet and is at the edge of a giant meadow valley and the river has already radically changed character it is now in a spring rush down a steep canyon. This trail accesses the scenic Wyoming Range and it connects to the Wyoming Range National Recreation Trail #048 and the Cliff Creek Trail #137. It has an elevation gain of 2,310 feet. The trail climbs steadily through forest interspersed with meadow with regular jogs over to the mountain edge for views of the Little Greys River hundreds of feet below.

After a couple of miles the trail for Pickle Pass splits off to the left, the Pickle Pass Trail takes you over to the Willow Creek Drainage which ends up in the Hoback River 5 miles south of Hoback Village.

Our hoped for destination was 5 miles up the trail, historic Roosevelt Meadows, where Teddy Roosevelt once hunted, but our dilly dallying around on the beautiful trip up threw us behind schedule so we got sucked into killing what was left of our travel time at a beautiful pond on the other side of the Pickle Pass trail junction. Don°t try to swim in the pond you may never extricate yourself from it°s muddy bottom.

Little Greys River trail ends at Cliff Creek Pass elevation 9,020 Feet. The trail actually links to Cliff Creek Trail and continues down Cliff Creek which is part of the Hoback River drainage. Many make the trail in reverse and access Roosevelt meadows from Cliff Creek Trail.

If you start in a timely fashion a good hiker or on horseback can make it to Cliff Creek Pass on the other side of Roosevelt Meadows about 8 miles from the trail head and back in a day. But the pond we found right off the trail or Roosevelt Meadows are good turn around points for a shorter hike or ride.

As a source of the mighty Snake River°s blue ribbon trout fishery the Little Greys River provides important spawning habitat for the Snake but many trout make the Little Greys their year around home.

The Little Greys River Valley is home to elk, moose, deer, antelope, and black bear, mountain lions, lynx, and many other species of wildlife. While grizzly bears do not currently occupy the Wyoming Range they do wander in occasionally,

Directions from Alpine: Go southeast on Greys River Road #10138 to Little Greys River Road #10124. Go east on Little Greys River Road about 12 miles, then right on Road #10047 about 2 miles. Watch for trailhead parking on left. Signs direct to the trail leading east up a slope.