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Wilderness Area·Wyoming·10,662 acres

Winegar Hole Wilderness

Forecast issued Nov 10, 5:22pm ET

Peak colorOct 2Aim for Oct 1 to 4
In the wilderness today, Nov 10Leaves down
SepOctNov

Higher ground turns first, so the slopes above the road lead the valley by a few days.

Weather Hard frost Wednesday night. Peak may come early and go fast.

No new reports from the ground here this week.

I-15I-20AshtonDriggsRexburgVictorRigbySugar CityUconJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkwaypeak Sep 30Jedediah Smith Wildernesspeak Sep 30Grand Tetonpeak Sep 30Yellowstonepeak Sep 28National Elk Refugepeak Oct 2Caribou-Targheepeak Oct 4Winegar Hole Wilderness
I-20DriggsVictorJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkwaypeak Sep 30Jedediah Smith Wildernesspeak Sep 30Grand Tetonpeak Sep 30National Elk Refugepeak Oct 2Caribou-Targheepeak Oct 4Winegar Hole Wilderness
Still greenStartingNearly peakPeakPast peakNo fall canopy we forecastInside the line, each band of elevation is painted on its own date.
Around Winegar Hole Wilderness Nearly all of the wilderness is in Teton County, which is leaves down today.
Winegar Hole Wilderness fall foliage map 2026: the place and the counties around it painted by how far along their color is on Nov 10. Peak forecast around Oct 2, best Oct 1 to 4.
Save or share this mapToday’s Winegar Hole Wilderness fall foliage map as a picture, redrawn every morning. Free to reuse with credit to More Than Just Parks and a link back; the terms.Save the mapPin itFacebookXEmail

When is peak fall foliage at Winegar Hole Wilderness in 2026?

Our forecast puts peak color at Winegar Hole Wilderness around Oct 2, and the four days to aim for are Oct 1 to 4.

The wilderness runs from about 6,182 to 6,678 feet, and the color comes downhill over about 4 days: the high stands around Sep 29, the low ground around Oct 1. That's 3 days later than our model alone would say, because this season's reports from the ground moved it.

Winegar Hole Wilderness, fall color week by week, 2026
WeekIn the wildernessElevation at peak
Sep 14 to Sep 20Starting to turn
Sep 21 to Sep 27Nearly peak
Sep 28 to Oct 4Peak color6,000 to 6,250 ft, 6,250 to 6,500 ft, 6,500 to 6,750 ft
Oct 5 to Oct 11Just past peak
Oct 12 to Oct 18Just past peak
By elevation The wilderness runs from about 6,182 to 6,678 feet. That’s 4 days of season between the top and the bottom: the high stands peak around Sep 29, the low ground holds until about Oct 1, and the color comes downhill in between. The date at the top of this page is the 6,000 to 6,250 foot band.
  1. 6,500–6,750 ftLeaves downpeak Sep 295%
  2. 6,250–6,500 ftLeaves downpeak Sep 3079%
  3. 6,000–6,250 ftLeaves downpeak Oct 113%

Height off 3DEP inside the wilderness’s own boundary; each band carries the date our model gives that elevation, corrections and all. The percentage is how much of the wilderness stands in it.

That’s 3 days later than our model alone would say. This season’s reports from the ground moved it, and they outrank us.

Plan this trip

If you can only come on certain days

Set the days you can be here. Everything under them answers for those days, not for peak.

Thursday, October 1 to Friday, October 2

You’ll find it peak color.

That's the day our forecast puts peak color here.

  • 6,250–6,500 ftPeak colorpeak Sep 30
  • 6,000–6,250 ftPeak colorpeak Oct 1
Where to drive
Teton Scenic Byway (ID 31, 32 and 33), about 27 miles · Teton Park Road, about 28 miles · Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (WY 296), about 88 miles
What turns
narrowleaf cottonwood, quaking aspen, willow, thinleaf alder, water birch

What turns, and when

Also named across Wyoming, outside what the canopy read measures here: Rocky Mountain Maple.

The Tetons rising above the golden cottonwoods of the Snake River flats is one of the most famous fall landscapes in the American West, and the aspen groves at elevation add hillsides of gold.

Questions people ask about Winegar Hole Wilderness

When is peak fall foliage at Winegar Hole Wilderness?

Our forecast puts peak color at Winegar Hole Wilderness around Oct 2, and the four days to aim for are Oct 1 to 4.

Where is the best fall color at Winegar Hole Wilderness right now?

On Nov 10 the wilderness is leaves down. The last band to peak was 6,000 to 6,250 feet, around Oct 1.

How long does peak last at Winegar Hole Wilderness?

About four days at the top, Oct 1 to 4, with a week or so either side that's still worth the drive. Across the wilderness's elevations the color moves over about 4 days, so there's peak color somewhere in it for roughly 8 days.

Is Winegar Hole Wilderness past peak?

Yes. Peak was around Oct 2, and on Nov 10 it's leaves down.

What trees turn color at Winegar Hole Wilderness?

Quaking Aspen, Narrowleaf Cottonwood, Rocky Mountain Maple, Water Birch, Willow. The Tetons rising above the golden cottonwoods of the Snake River flats is one of the most famous fall landscapes in the American West, and the aspen groves at elevation add hillsides of gold.

This forecast is built from the species that stand here, their elevation and this September’s weather, and corrected in season by cameras, foresters and our own crew. Out here we score it against NASA's satellite record of when the canopy shuts down, read inside each unit’s own boundary: two dates in three land within 12 days of it. How this map is made

All of Wyoming

Nearby, and when they turn

Yellowstone and National Elk Refuge and Caribou-Targhee are on the map above, with their own date.

  1. Gros Ventre WildernessWY · about 55 miles
    Peak Sep 27 best Sep 26 to 29
  2. Bridger-Teton National ForestWY · about 70 miles
    Peak Sep 19 best Sep 18 to 21
  3. North Absaroka WildernessWY · about 71 miles
    Peak Sep 28 best Sep 27 to 30

Fall color roads near Winegar Hole Wilderness

Nearest first. Distances are straight-line from the wilderness, so allow more by road.

  • Teton Scenic Byway (ID 31, 32 and 33) · about 27 miles, ID · 69 miles of road

    Swan Valley to Ashton, aspen on the west side of the Tetons.

  • Teton Park Road · about 28 miles, WY · 20 miles of road

    The cottonwoods along the Snake River flats with the Tetons behind them. This is the most famous fall landscape in the American West.

  • Chief Joseph Scenic Byway (WY 296) · about 88 miles, WY · 47 miles of road

    Cody toward Cooke City, cottonwood in the Clarks Fork canyon and aspen on Dead Indian Hill.

  • Beartooth Highway (US 212) · about 100 miles, MT · 68 miles of road

    Red Lodge to Cooke City. The aspen are in Rock Creek canyon before the switchbacks; above them it is tundra.