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bluff_rat
Jun 16, 2004, 9:03 PM
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Me and some buddies are going to the wind river range in Wyoming I would appreciate any beta that anyone could give me on the approach, camping and climbing in the cirque of towers.
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chugach001
Jun 16, 2004, 9:24 PM
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Get the guidebook, it's awesome and has more information than most. Amazon or Mountaineer Books will have. Sorry, it's at home but I can't recall the author.
Jeff
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nthusiastj
Jun 16, 2004, 9:50 PM
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The approach is pretty easy but long. Don't take any "shortcuts" as they can land you in bad boulderfields. Just stay on the trail.
You can camp anywhere in the Cirque. The best sites are probably near the small waterfall that leads to Lonesome Lake.
Do NE face of Pingora. Have fun on the offwidth flare.
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natas
Jun 16, 2004, 10:15 PM
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the aproach is aprox 9 miles from big sandy trail head and over jackass pass. you cannot camp within a 1/4 mile of lonesome lake due to polution problems.
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grayhghost
Jun 16, 2004, 11:12 PM
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there is no rock climbing in the cirgue of the towers, there is no rock climbing in all of wyoming for that matter. the towers they refer to are made of moss and top out at 12 ft. please go to maple canyon or american fork, there are exellent routes there at every grade.
on a completly unrelated topic, has anyone in this forum done Black Elk?
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munckee
Jun 16, 2004, 11:41 PM
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When you going? I have two trips into the winds planned this summer, 7 days each. Looking forward to hitting the cirque and possible deep lake areas.
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