Wildfire — Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming

2024-10-01 to 2024-10-31 · Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming

Event narrative

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Wider weather episode

The Fish Creek / Pack Trail fires combined and we reported under the Pack Trail fire name starting on October 5. The fire continued to spread through the first half of the month. Spreading slowed somewhat when the first snow arrived on October 16th, the a more substantial snow at the end of the month led to the fire being 84 percent contained by October 31st. The fire caused more periodic closures of US 26 over Togwotee Pass through the month. By October 31st, the fire had burned more than 89,000 acres.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1217560. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.