2017 Wind River Range Trek – Trail Lakes to Elkhart Park
On Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 our party of 5 departed Trail Lakes Trailhead outside of Dubois, WY for 8-days in the wilderness. We hiked 80 miles, visited many of the crown jewels of the “Winds”, and explored some of its most inaccessible places. Only 4 of the 8 days were spent on-trail, with the balance spent freelancing and route-finding through incredibly rugged and isolated stretches of wilderness where we went days without seeing another human being. We crossed four significant passes, reached 12,200 ft. above sea level twice, transited Knifepoint glacier at 11.500 ft., and crossed more streams, creeks, rivers, snow-fields, rock-fields and marshes than we can count. On our final day we witnessed the total solar eclipse from within the area of totality.
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