Wherever we go backpacking, we always try to do loop routes. Apparently, as was true on our Beartooths trip in 2017, and now on our North Wind River Range trip, the trails don’t always connect into a circle and often skirt the most majestic mountains and instead stick to lower passes and valleys. Enter off-trailContinue reading “The Great North Wind River Range Backpacking Loop + Tourist Creek”
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A South Wind River Range Backpacking Loop with Wind River Peak
In August of 2015, Erik and I drove west to the Wind River Range. It was rumored the Winds backpacked like the High Sierras- immaculate trails, rare afternoon thunderstorms compared with the rest of the Rockies, and unprecedented views. We had to go check it out for ourselves. We started at the Bruce’s Bridge TrailheadContinue reading “A South Wind River Range Backpacking Loop with Wind River Peak”
Elspeth Ronnander 