Falcon guides. Hiking Wyoming's Cloud Peak Wilderness : a guide to the area's best hiking adventures

This book includes more than 75 hikes in this spectacular country, from the western canyons and badlands to the soaring heights of the Cloud Peak Massif. Detailed hike descriptions, helpful maps, and elevation profiles make this the only guide you'll need to enjoy hiking in the Cloud Peak Wilderness. Contents 4 Acknowledgments 9 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP INDEX 10 MAP LEGEND 10 OVERVIEW 12 Introduction 13 Planning Your Trip 22 How to Use This Guide 24 A Few Words of Caution 26 Leave No Trace 31 Backcountry Regulations and Permits 36 The Clear Creek Watershed 38 1 Hazelton Peak 41 2 The Sherd Lake Loop 44 3 Long Lake 48 4 Lake Angeline 51 5 Slab Park 54 6 The Seven Brothers Lakes 56 7 The Trail Park Cutoff 59 8 Florence Pass 61 9 Ant Hill 66 10 Elk Lake 68 Additional Trails 70 Tensleep and Paint Rock Creeks 71 11 Baby Wagon Creek 74 12 Maybelle Lake 77 13 Pasture Park 79 14 The High Line Trail 83 15 Tensleep Falls 86 16 The Lost Twin Lakes 89 17 Elk Park 92 18 Mistymoon Lake 96 19 Bald Ridge 100 20 Middle Paint Rock Creek 103 21 Lake Solitude 106 22 Battle Park 110 23 Paint Rock Creek 113 24 Poacher Lake 116 25 The Kinky White Trail 119 26 Cliff Lake 123 27 The Salt Lick Trail 127 Additional Trails 129 The Northern Hinterlands of the Cloud Peak Massif 130 28 Edelman Pass 132 29 Shell Creek 136 30 The Old Mail Trail 139 31 Bruce Mountain 142 32 Rock Chuck Pass 146 33 Coney Lake 148 34 Sawmill Lakes 151 35 Geddes Lake 153 36 Geneva Pass 156 37 Rhinehart Lakes 160 38 Highland Park 162 39 The Lake Winnie Loop 166 40 Spear Lake 169 41 The Little Goose Trail 171 42 Flatiron Lake 174 43 The Reservoirs 179 44 Penrose Creek 183 Additional Trails 185 The Prairie Foothills 186 45 Firebox Park 190 46 South Rock Creek 193 47 Middle Rock Creek 198 48 Walker Prairie 201 49 Wolf Creek 205 50 Wolf Falls 209 51 Horseshoe Mountain 211 52 Black Mountain Lookout 215 53 Steamboat Point 217 54 Tongue Canyon 219 Additional Trails 223 The Border Country 224 55 The Medicine Wheel 226 56 Crystal Creek Ridge 228 57 Porcupine Falls 230 58 Bucking Mule Falls—Devil Canyon 233 59 Lodge Grass Creek 237 60 The Little Horn Trail 240 61 The Fuller Trail 244 62 Dry Fork Ridge 247 63 Bull Elk Park 251 Additional Trails 254 The Western Canyons and Badlands 255 64 Cottonwood Canyon 257 65 Rainbow Canyon 260 66 The Horse Creek Canyons 263 67 The Beef Trail 267 68 Cedar Creek 270 69 The Bench Trail 273 70 Trapper Canyon 276 71 Alkali Creek Canyon 280 72 Meyers Spring Draw 283 73 Dry Medicine Lodge Creek 286 74 Medicine Lodge Canyon 289 75 The Paint Rock Badlands 291 76 Paint Rock Canyon 294 77 The Salt Trough-­Center Canyon Loop 298 78 Red Buttes 301 Additional Trails 305 Extended Trips 306 The Solitude Trail 306 The Geneva-Edelman Loop 307 The Battle Park Loop 307 The Bighorn Mountain Passage 308 The Mountain Prairie Trek 308 The Little Bighorn Circuit 309 Appendix: Directory of Land Management Agencies 310 Hike Index 311 About the Author 313