Bridger-Teton National Forest · Wyoming

Cache Creek

5.4 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 4045 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailheads Cache Creek Sidewalk Drive there · Cache Creek Trailhead Drive there

Cache Creek Sidewalk the Forest Service's write-up

Difficulty: Easy Trail Use: Heavy

Length: 1 mile from Cache Cr Trailhead to jct with Cache Cr Road

Elevation: 6477 ft at Cache Cr Trailhead, 6620 ft at first jct with Cache Cr Road, 6692 ft at second jct with Cache Cr Road

Open to: Hike, Equestrian, Mt Bike

Trail Highlights:

The trail immediately climbs up to a junction with the Putt Putt Trail on an open hillside with aspen. It then takes off going up the drainage, paralleling the road below. It stays on this open hillside, cutting across at a level grade, with nice views up and down the drainage.

It pops out on the Cache Cr Road across from a junction for the Hagen Trail. You can continue on the Sidewalk for a bit further, through a large open sagebrush meadow, paralleling the road, coming out at another upper junction for the Hagen Trail.

Options:

This trail serves as a bypass to the busy Cache Cr Road. You can access the Putt Putt Trail at several signed junctions, or access the Hagen Trail.

Important Information

Always check the kiosk at the Trailhead for important information pertinent to the trail.

This trail is located on the USGS quad map for Cache Cr. For a map of the Snow King Trail System click here .

This hike on fs.usda.gov

Cache Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

This trailhead is located directly on Cache Creek, just out of the town of Jackson and is the main access to the Snow King Area Trail System. It is accessed through several neighborhood roads and eventually turns to dirt at the forest boundary. This is a very busy trailhead year-round with use ranging from hiking, biking, walking, and skiing and snowmobiling during the winter months. There are multiple non-motorized trails that are easily accessible from the parking area including the Putt Putt Trail #4038, the Ferrin's Trail #4029, the Hagen Trail #4037 and many others. Facilities on site include a pit toilet, hitching rails, and a picnic area which provides a great cool and shady area to relax with family and friends. Parking area is large, graveled and has a small loop making it accessible for trailers. Several kiosks with maps and area information. Cellular service is available.

Approximate driving time from Jackson is approximately 10 minutes.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.