Doris Lake Road to Duck Creek — Bridger-Teton National Forest Wyoming Range Back Road via LaBarge Creek

The Wyoming Range — sandwiched between the Salt River Range to the west and the Green River Basin to the east — is one of the least-trafficked mountain ranges in the Lower 48, and the forest road network threading from LaBarge Creek up through Doris Lake and down the Duck Creek drainage to Big Piney proves it. You’ll spend most of this route in lodgepole and spruce forest above 8,000 feet, breaking into open subalpine meadows near the Doris Lake basin where moose are more common than other rigs. The road surface alternates between graveled county road, maintained USFS two-track, and sections of raw dirt shelf that narrow down to squeeze a full-size rig between timber and cut bank. The climb out of LaBarge Creek canyon is the technical crux — loose shale over bedrock on a sustained grade.

This is legitimate wilderness driving that demands a well-equipped rig: a truck or SUV with high clearance, lockers preferred, full recovery gear, and enough fuel for 150+ miles between reliable fill-ups — Kemmerer or Big Piney are your options. No permit required; dispersed camping is excellent throughout the Bridger-Teton sections. Best window is mid-July through September — snowpack can keep upper sections closed into late June, and fall hunting season brings the only significant traffic you’ll see. Cell service is nonexistent. Satellite communication is strongly advised out here.