Green River Lakes with Squaretop Mountain
— — the flat-topped peak that closes the valley.
Not only on a wall.
“The two lakes at the headwaters of the Green River, with Squaretop Mountain holding the south end of the valley like a closed door. The drive in from Cora is gravel for the last miles, and the road simply stops at the lower lake. Beyond that the country opens into the Bridger Wilderness on foot. The peak reads as a single block of grey above the water, and most afternoons a wind moves across the lower lake about four. From the studio.
Green River Lakes with Squaretop Mountain, on ceramic.
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Green River Lakes sit at the headwaters of the Green River in the northern Wind River Range, about 50 miles north of Pinedale, Wyoming, at the end of Forest Road 650. The two lakes lie inside Bridger-Teton National Forest and open into the Bridger Wilderness on foot. Squaretop Mountain rises to 11,679 feet at the south end of the valley and gives the view its closing wall. The campground and trailhead at the lower lake feed the Highline Trail south toward Titcomb Basin, one of the long-distance corridors through the Winds.
The road is plowed only as far as the forest boundary; the final miles to the lakes open in late May or early June and close again with the first heavy snow, usually in October. July and August are the working season for backpackers heading into the Bridger Wilderness, with afternoon thunderstorms a near-daily pattern over the peaks. September brings yellow aspen along the lower river and the first ice skim on the lakes near dawn. Winter access is by ski or snowmobile from the closed gate, with Squaretop visible across roughly 8 miles of snow.
The upper lake is a 3-mile walk from the campground and sees a fraction of the lower-lake traffic. The country between the lakes is open meadow and lodgepole, with moose along the river and the occasional grizzly track in soft ground; visitors are asked to carry bear spray and keep food in the provided storage. Cell service ends near Cora, 45 miles back. Most evenings the only sound across the lower lake is wind moving on water and the cars at the campground shutting their doors for the night.