EVENTS AND OUTINGS
WWA hosts a variety of events, outings, and volunteer opportunties throughout the year, offering our community a chance to learn, explore, and connect more deeply both to one and another and to our shared Wyoming public wildlands.
JUNE 2026
JUNE 27, 2026
8AM - 4PM
Big Horn National Forest Invasive Weed Inventory Training
On this outing into the Cloud Peak Wilderness on the Bighorn National Forest, participants will learn the protocols of inventorying invasive weeds to help our agency partners keep these harmful species out of our wild landscapes. The day will be led by USFS Wilderness Ranger and WWA Wilderness Ambassador, Jason Pinter, along with WWA's National Forest Wildlands Director and wild plant enthusiast, Peggie dePasquale.
Following the outing you will be asked to do one additional hike this summer on your own to contribute invasive inventory data to this agency program. Don't miss this chance to help WWA keep Wyoming wild!
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy
JUNE 28, 2026
8AM - 4PM
Cloud Peak Wilderness
Sign Installation
Join WWA and our partners at the Big Horn National Forest for this day of stewardship. Participants will break into small groups and venture out to one of the most utilized Cloud Peak Wilderness trailheads to install a beautiful oak Wilderness sign.​ If time allows following the sign install, each group can stretch their legs on a short hike into the Wilderness before calling it a day.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Moderate
JULY 2026
JULY 15, 2026
8AM - 4PM
Field Solitude Training and Data Collection: Jedediah Smith Wilderness - Bitch Creek
"Opportunities for solitude" is one of the four defining wilderness characteristics identified in the 1964 Wilderness Act. The Solitude Monitoring Program is a partnership between WWA, federal agencies, and community members that trains local volunteers to collect data adhering to Forest Service protocol that is essential for assessing visitor trends and guiding management.
This field session co-hosted by WWA, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, and our agency partners will train participants on collecting solitude monitoring data on a spectacular out-and-back hike along the remote Bitch Creek Trail in the Jedediah Smith Wilderness.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Easy
JULY 19, 2026
8AM - 4PM
Field Solitude Training and Data Collection:
Gros Ventre Wilderness - Sheep Mountain
"Opportunities for solitude" is one of the four defining wilderness characteristics identified in the 1964 Wilderness Act. The Solitude Monitoring Program is a partnership between WWA, federal agencies, and community members that trains local volunteers to collect data adhering to Forest Service protocol that is essential for assessing visitor trends and guiding management.
This field session, co-hosted by WWA and our agency partners, will train participants on collecting solitude monitoring data as we climb the iconic Sheep Mountain trail in the Gros Ventre Wilderness on the Bridger-Teton National Forest, collecting data en route.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Strenuous