A common image people have of Wyoming is one of a cowhand riding the open range. That image can be you. Throughout the state are adventure opportunities for visitors to relive the days of the great Western migration, or times when cowboys, rustlers and cattle barons dominated the Wyoming scene. But there are modern-day adventures here too.
Adventure travel is a personal experience, trying something new or honing new-found skills. It's seeing with your own eyes, feeling, touching and experiencing new lands, tasting the unknown. It’s a challenge to get out there and do something.
You can forget civilization for days or weeks out in the backcountry. Or you can return each evening to a full-service resort or hotel or to the down-home feeling of a Wyoming guest ranch. Adventure travel in Wyoming lets you experience the Western way – wild, woolly, exciting and the real thing.
Spend a day or week in the saddle herding cattle like Mitch, Phil and Ed did in the movie, City Slickers. Cattle drives, horseback riding and horse pack trips are all popular activities in Wyoming because the experiences are real, everyday activities on working Wyoming cattle ranches.
Of Wyoming's roughly 2,000 marked (and often groomed) snowmobile trails, the 675-mile Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail has been called the top snowmobile route in the West by SnoWest magazine. Arguably the best part is between Lander and Dubois, threading through the scenic Wind River Range and flirting with the Continental Divide itself. read more
Wyoming is a digger’s dream. Whether it’s dinosaur bones you seek, or fossils of a different life form, Wyoming offers all kinds of attractions, from museums to quarry tours to actual digs. read more
