JACKSON, Wyo. — Hiking season is right around the corner, and Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) is looking for public input regarding the Cache Creek Trailhead Redesign Project.
BTNF announced that the trailhead for the popular recreational site will be redesigned with local users in mind, having collaborating with a local landscape architecture firm to create the new plan. The redesign addresses concerns with the current trailhead including parking accessibility, wildlife conflicts with humans and dogs and illegal use of e-bikes and camping equipment.
“Cache Creek Trailhead is a starting point for a multitude of activities including hiking, biking, dog walking, horseback riding, outfitted wagon rides, hunting, and in the winter, Nordic skiing, fat biking and snowmobiling to access backcountry ski terrain,” BTNF said in its announcement. “It is also home to a complex ecosystem and important perennial stream, for which the area is named. Due to its proximity to the town of Jackson and its appeal for many different types of recreation, the trailhead experiences a high volume of visitors, which the existing conditions do not effectively accommodate.”
BTNF noted that the site’s popularity makes it a particularly high priority for the agency, seeing it as a valuable connection between the Jackson community and the forest. In its proposal, BTNF includes a historical overview of the Cache Creek area. In 1884, John Holland and John Carnes became the first Anglo-Americans to take up full-time residence in the valley with a homestead at the mouth of Cache Creek, BTNF wrote.
The public can weigh in until May 21. Comments can be made online through the project page, by mail or in person to the Forest Service office, located on North Cache Street in Jackson.
Once comments are received and reviewed, plans will be finalized this fall, and work is expected to be carried out in May of 2025.
See the proposal and submit comments at this link: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/btnf/?project=66077.
