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Take a Sleigh Ride

532 N. Cache St.

Jackson, Jackson Hole 83001

307-733-0277

www.fws.gov/nationalelkrefuge

Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., in season

Price: Adults $19, Youth $15, Children (under 5) Free

Type: Nature Centers & Zoos

In the winter, some 6,000 elk migrate to the National Elk Refuge just northeast of town, wandering the Jackson Hole valley in great, shaggy herds. From December through March, daily horse-drawn sleigh rides through the refuge leave from the Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center in Jackson. The hour-long ride across a snowed-in prairie can be chilly, but the payoff is an up-close glimpse of the hulking and docile elk in their natural habitat, along with some of the refuge’s other occasional residents—bison, coyotes, mountain sheep, trumpeter swans and more. The 25,000-acre refuge also shows off amazing winter views of the Teton Range, the all-white peaks rising up jagged and foreboding before a postcard wildlife scene. Sleighs fill up on a first-come, first-served basis every 20 minutes or so from dawn until dusk. Don’t forget your hat and mittens.

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Take a Sleigh Ride

532 N. Cache St.

Jackson

Jackson Hole

83001

307-733-0277

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