Alerts on the Hoback
Roads · water · fireTeton Pass · WY 22
Single-lane signal control — adds delay on the Hoback Junction approach from the west.
Granite Creek Road
Open to the hot springs; washboard past the campground. No river closures.
Conditions now
Live USGS · weather · AQI · alerts · fireUSGS 13019500
Hoback River near Jackson
Gauge height
4.1 ft
Water temp
55°F
Updated
14 min ago
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The Hoback on the map
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360° on the Hoback
Regional captures →Photos
Canyon narrows, US-191
Runoff at the Junction
Granite Hot Springs road
Whitefish water, August
Access & safety
Upper Hoback (Bondurant)
Roadside hand launch
Camp Creek
USFS pullout
East Table Creek
Shared Snake ramp
Hoback Junction
Confluence · cross to Snake
Emergency
Teton & Sublette County SAR · 911 dispatch. US-191 runs the whole canyon — mileposts are the fastest way to give a location. Bridger-Teton dispatch (307) 739-3630.
Float planning
Plan on map →Bondurant → Camp Creek
Class IICamp Creek → Junction
Class II–IIIHoback → Snake (West Table)
Class IIIFish & wildlife
In the water
On the banks
Moose
Bighorn sheep
Mule deer
Black bearWyoming Game & Fish Area 1 · license required · check seasonal cutthroat regulations before fishing.
Vintage species plates — public domain (J. J. Audubon et al.), via Wikimedia Commons.
Recently observed nearby
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The river
The Hoback runs hard out of the Wyoming Range and threads a tight canyon along US-191 before throwing itself into the Snake at Hoback Junction. In June it’s a continuous Class II–III freight train fed by snowmelt; by late summer it drops into a clear, wadeable trout stream. The highway hugs it the whole way, which makes access easy and scouting easier.
History
Named for John Hoback, a fur trapper who guided parties through this country around 1811. The river and its junction became a crossroads of the early Western fur trade — and today the canyon is the main southern gateway into Jackson Hole.