Lander Travel Guide

The Lander Bar shares the Coulter Block with the Gannet Grill and Cowfish Restaurant. We went there after dinner and enjoyed some really good microbrews from the Snake River Brewery - a porter and the excellent Organic Trail Ale. The place wasn't that busy but livened up a little when a local started singing and playing his guitar. This didn't appear to be an official part of the evening's entertainment - he obviously just enjoyed music and wanted to share!

The Bar's website says:
"Located in the historic Coalter Block building, built in 1907, the Lander Bar blends drinks, people, and cultures. The decor is an eclectic mix of all things Western: ranching, climbing, mining, hunting, and Native American memorabilia adorn the walls and ceilings. Even more interesting than the decorations are the people."

Sounds more or less accurate to me!

Dress Code: If there was a dress code it wasn't obvious - it's a pretty casual place!

well the best way is by private vehicle so that you can take your time and see all the various
sites along the way no matter what side of the state ou enter from on your way to lander.
again the best way to get around lander is by private vehicle or by walking through out historic landers main street so you can isit each of its rustic and friendly businesses and shop owners.

there are tourist traps in lander that most tourists find when visiting from other places
such as souvineer shops t-shirt shops.cowboy hat shops and all kinds of home made goods shops like jams,jellies,beef jerky,salad spreads and te usual tourist type products including post cards,maps,history books,magnents,ball caps,lander,wyoming videos
etc.

Luggage and bags: well any type of duffel bag or smaller type suit cases or just even a wardrobe bag and a small duffel bag to pack personal things in for
hygene and showers or baths,tooth paste etc.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: in summer cooler clothes always good walking shoes or hiking boots or tennis shoes and in winter heavy clothes,jumper cables,snowboots,
extra gloves and warm socks and thermal underwear and just basically things to get by on in extremely cold weather.

Toiletries and Medical Supplies: just the basic things for hygene and safety items bandaids,bandges or gauze for skin abraisions,rash cremes and antibiotic ointments
or first aid cremes and specialty cremes for blisters boils or over exposure to the sun in summer and winter.

Photo Equipment: any type of good camera with or with out telephoto lense and a good video camera with extra fine zoom capabilities for ideo taping things from a great distance that you may not be able to get super close to.

Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: bring tents,sleeping bags,fishing poles and that type of thing for summer outings in lander
but probably you won't be doing muc of that type of thing during the winter months in lander,wyoming at the foot of the windriver
mountains.

Sinks Canyon State Park has a ton of great rock climbing, from beginner to expert levels of difficulty. The location is gorgeous, so even if you get there and don't feel like climbing, you won't be wasting a minute. We even saw a rattlesnake on the trail up to the climb. The spot I climbed at was high up and overlooking the whole park and it just a perfect place to hang out and climb and enjoy the surroundings.

Equipment: We just did some afternoon sport climbing, so we had harnesses (actually, I didn't have my own, so I used webbing to make one), rope, and maybe 10-15 quickdraws. There was a ton of climbing and different routes and such there though, so it just depends on what you want to do. I didn't see any multi-pitches, but there might be some. Get the Sinks Climbing guide at the park or in town at Wild Iris, it has all the climbs and lots of information.