Sunlight Basin

The Shoshone runs south and east from a border it shares with Yellowstone National Park's eastern edge. Its northern quarters trail along the jumbled topography of the Absaroka Range, while its southern reach extends a finger down the east side of the magnificent Wind River Range, a 90-mile stretch of serrated peaks that is often the favorite range among hikers who've truly rambled far and wide through the Rockies. The forest's alpine heights are drained by rivers that loom very large in the imagination of fly anglers and whitewater paddlers - the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone, the Shoshone River's North and South Forks, the Wind River. And its expansive backcountry - all of its canyons, lodgepole forests, alpine meadows, high-mountain tarns and riparian wetlands - are a linchpin in the conglomerate public lands that have kept the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem the last intact natural community in the temperate climes of North America.

All of this abundant wildness makes the Shoshone one of the greatest places in America to get into the big outdoors. Hiker, climber, angler, paddler, mountain biker, horse rider - whatever your passion, you'll find a memorable adventure in this park.