jackson hole

From the road, you'd never guess there would be trails at the base of the resort. There's about three quarters of a mile of relatively flat land, before it gets really steep. That's where the trails are. You can see the trail map here.

This stretch of the Snake lies between the Wilson Bridge about 7 miles to the west of Downtown Jackson and the South Park Bridge about 5 miles south of Downtown Jackson. This stretch is fairly mild, except for some small rapids about a mile before you get to the South Park Bridge. You can get through these in a dory, but I would only do it when the water is fairly high in mid-summer. I see a lot of rafting companies taking clients down this stretch of river. It's very scenic, but not the whitewater that you find further down the canyon in Snake River Canyon.