The river is about 62 miles (100 km) long,[1] starting high up in the Wyoming Range, 45 miles (72 km) south of the town of Alpine in Lincoln County.
[2] The Greys River is generally a rushing mountain stream that separates the high Wyoming Range (east) from the Salt River Range (west).
Just a short distance downriver from the confluence of the two rivers, the Snake widens quickly and passes through Alpine and enters the Palisades Reservoir.
At Alpine, Wyoming, the Greys River measures 654 cubic feet per second average.
[3] In 1997, Greys River hosted the second round of the World Fly Fishing Championships.