Hiking Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains: A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures

by Ken Keffer

Overview

From short scenic day trips to multi-day backpacking excursions, Hiking Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains covers dozens of trails throughout the region including lands of the Bighorn National Forest, the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area, as well as surrounding state and federal lands.

Written by outdoor enthusiast and author, Ken Keffer, Hiking Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains takes new and veteran hikers alike through the beautiful alpine lakes and wilderness of northern Wyoming.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493022274
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/15/2017
Series:	Regional Hiking Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ken Keffer is a naturalist and environmental educator who grew up camping and hiking in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. As a wildlife biologist and environmental educator he has worked extensively throughout the United States from Alaska to Maryland and New Mexico to Ohio. Through his company Destination Nature, Ken encourages everyone to explore from backyards to mountaintops. He has co-authored four books connecting families to nature. Currently Ken is a freelance writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although he has never missed a yearly trip to the Bighorns.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Meet Your Guide xi

Map and Icon Legends xiii

Trail Finder xiv

Before You Hit the Trail 1

Planning Your Trip 9

Buffalo and Southeast Wilderness Access 17

1 Grouse Mountain 20

2 Mosier Gulch 24

3 Clear Creek Trail 28

4 Circle Park Loop 34

5 Long Lake 38

6 Lake Angeline 42

7 Seven Brothers Lakes 46

8 Florence Pass 50

9 Ant Hill 56

Powder River Pass and Western Wilderness Access 60

10 James T. Saban Lookout 63

11 Lake McLain 67

12 Tensleep Trail 71

13 Tensleep Falls 75

14 Lost Twin Lakes 79

15 Mistymoon Lake 83

16 Middle Paint Rock Creek 87

17 Lake Solitude Trail 91

18 Poacher Lake 95

19 Cliff Lake 99

Northern Wilderness Access 104

20 Edelman Pass 107

21 Geneva Pass 111

22 Rinehart Lakes 116

23 Highland Park and Lake Winnie 120

24 The Reservoirs 124

25 Firebox Park 128

26 South Rock Creek 132

Red Grade to Shell 138

27 Geddes Lake 140

28 Sawmill Lakes 144

29 Coney Lake 148

30 Old Mail Trail 151

31 Bench Trail 155

32 Cedar Creek 159

Northeast Bighorns 163

33 Walker Prairie 165

34 Wolf Creek 169

35 Wolf Creek Falls Overlook 175

36 Horseshoe Mountain 179

37 Steamboat Point 183

38 Black Mountain Lookout 187

39 Tongue River Canyon 191

Medicine Wheel and Surroundings 195

40 Bull Elk Park 197

41 Little Horn Trail 200

42 Bucking Mule Falls 206

43 Porcupine Falls 210

44 Medicine Wheel 214

45 Cottonwood Canyon 218

Southwest Bighorus and Basin Country 223

46 Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site 225

47 Paint Rock Canyon Trail 229

48 Salt Lick Trail 232

Hike Index 237