Why us? Once you get here, you
will see and understand why we live in Alpine Wyoming. We have a
small town atmosphere with a big attitude.
Spring brings with it the thaw and
a renewed look on life. Once you see a robin or a blue bird, you
know spring is here to stay. The Town of Alpine has a spring
clean up day every year to help the community shake off all its
winter extras. Fishing is getting real good as the rainbow,
brown, mackinaw are all hungry for something new after the long
winter. We have the
Snake River, Grey’s River, and
Salt River all in our back yard along
with the Palisades Reservoir so there is plenty of fishing and
new places to go explore.
As we slide into summer the roads are all opening up
so you can get back to your favorite place to camp in the
mountains or along the reservoir. The Grey’s river seems to be
the choice for most to go fishing, hiking, and camping during
the summer. If you take the time, you will understand why. You
can go all the way around the loop to come out in
Afton, or Pinedale. It has some very nice
scenery, fishing, and animal viewing. We have some kayak white
water races on the Grey’s River which are always fun to watch.
Our biggest and most popular event in Alpine in the summer is
the annual Mountain Days Festival and Dutch Oven Cook Off which
has been featured on the food network channel. It’s a great way
to spend the week end meeting new people and seeing those from
the past. There is a mountain man village, Native American
dancers, horse shoe tournament, knife and tomahawk toss, black
powder gun shoot, and plenty of food and drink to go around. It
takes you back to the way Alpine used to be at rendezvous time.
If you are more into boating, water skiing, and jet skiing,
there is plenty of space for that on the Palisades Reservoir.
Fall in Alpine is beautiful. The
trees are starting to turn all shades of red, orange, yellow,
and brown. Every one is trying to get in that last fishing,
camping trip before the snow falls. This is also the start of
hunting season. We have numerous big game animals to try for
elk, deer, moose, bear, mountain lion, mountain goat, just to
name a few. Even if your hunt isn’t successful, you will still
enjoy what our town has to offer and our beautiful scenery.
Winter in Alpine is quiet. There
is a time in between hunting and snowmobiling when Alpine is
blanketed with snow and peace. The only sound you will hear is
the snow plow blade or the occasional coyote. The
sky’s are clear and full of stars at
night and very sunny during the day. Once we get enough snow, it
is snow mobile heaven. There is a groomed trail that goes
through town so you may enjoy the Grey’s River or McCoy creek
for snowmobiling. There is cross country skiing, miles of
snowmobile trails, and down hill skiing not too far away. If you
are brave you can try your hand at ice fishing. The Town has an
annual Christmas party with Santa coming to meet the kids and
lots of food and drink for all. The American Legion has Bingo
every other Friday night for entertainment and socializing. We
also have the International Rocky Mountain Stage Stop Sled Dog
Race come through town. There is usually a dinner to get to know
the racers when they get here.
There is something for every one in our little town,
instead of asking why us, you should be asking why not…
