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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 13, 2008 - 12:51pm PT
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We made a recent trip to the Big Horn Mountains in north central Wyoming. Our original plan was foiled - but our alternate worked out just fine. This peak is at 44o 23' 41" N, 107o 12' 28" W, or 44.394818 N and 107.208023 W. The approach is 12 miles 2500' one way. The outing was 2 miles one way 2100'. The total is 28 miles RT and 6000'. The east ridge is class 4 - mostly class 3. Pretty good boulders but some Colorado Scree.
Captions on top people.
Approach
First view of destination
Looming crappy weather
Waterfall near camp
New weather - same day!
Our alternate destination, Unnamed 12,473'. Some locals call this Canyon Peak, others called it Blackwelder Peak.
On the ascent and Cloud Peak on the right
Summit area
the end
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Nostrodomas
Trad climber
Visalia, Ca.
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Aug 13, 2008 - 01:03pm PT
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Wow very beautiful.... The pictures give me some relief from the scorching California heat.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 13, 2008 - 02:35pm PT
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Cloud Peak!
Maybe Petro will chime in...
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Indianclimber
climber
Las Vegas
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Aug 13, 2008 - 07:31pm PT
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Museum great pictures ,thanks for the TR
Ninfa
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Aug 13, 2008 - 07:44pm PT
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Bighorns look great-- gorgeous area. Maybe next year.
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Aug 13, 2008 - 08:58pm PT
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another great adventure, thanks for sharing.
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Aug 13, 2008 - 10:19pm PT
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Beautiful place! Museum,
Looks like fun too.
Thanks for posting,
Zander
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 13, 2008 - 11:22pm PT
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In 1970 I worked on a ranch just east between Buffalo and Sheridan. There was an oldtimer there that remembered the Johnson County War as a kid.
Last back in '95.
The Bighorns were exceedingly popular in the inter-war period, especially with the Chicago climbers, before equipment and technical advancements made the Tetons more popular.
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