Wyoming cliff jumping spots
Wyoming jumping splits between the granite in the northwest and the reservoir rock out east. Around Jackson the water is snowmelt and the jumps are short and cold; on the North Platte southwest of Casper the rock stacks up into 60-foot territory over warmer water. Everything above 7,000 feet is a July-to-September season, and most of it is a walk in.
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65 ftAlcova Reservoir cliffs (8 Ball cove)
Expert Unverified 20 · 30 · 40 · 65 ft Natrona CountyThe big-air spot for central Wyoming: a cove on Alcova Reservoir southwest of Casper with a stack of ledges — roughly 15 to 20 feet, 30, 40, and a top jump reported at 65 to 70…
30 ftKelly Cliffs (Gros Ventre River)
Beginner Unverified Teton CountyA roadside wall above the Gros Ventre River east of Kelly where locals drop about 30 feet into the river and scramble back up to do it again. It is the summer-heat release valve…
20 ftPhelps Lake jumping rock
Beginner Unverified Teton CountyThe best-known jump in the Tetons: a granite shelf about 20 feet above deep, clear water on the east shore of Phelps Lake, reached by an easy walk from the Laurance S. Rockefeller…
10 ftPopo Agie Falls waterslide (Sinks Canyon)
Beginner Unverified Fremont CountyA granite waterslide on the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie above Lander: the river runs down a slick slab and drops about 10 feet into a pool that Lander kids have been sliding into…
Cliff jumping in Wyoming: common questions
- Where can you go cliff jumping in Wyoming?
- SmartLeap maps 4 cliff jumping spots in Wyoming across 3 counties, concentrated around Jackson Hole and the Tetons, the Wind Rivers, the North Platte near Casper. Every listing gives the jump heights, the water depth where someone has measured it, how to get there and what the hazards are.
- What is the highest cliff jump in Wyoming?
- The tallest jump mapped here is 65 ft at Alcova Reservoir cliffs (8 Ball cove). Height is not the same as safety: depth under a jump changes with the season, so check your own landing before anyone goes off it.
- Is cliff jumping legal in Wyoming?
- It depends on who manages the land. Spots that a land manager has closed to jumping are deliberately left off this map, and where a place has a posted rule — a height limit, a waiver, a seasonal closure — the spot page says so. Signs on site always win over anything written here.
- When is the season for cliff jumping in Wyoming?
- Most of it runs from mid-July into September, after spring runoff drops out of the rivers and the water has had a few weeks of sun. Early-season flows are the thing that actually kills people, not the height of the rock.