Trip Report
Unnamed 12,473' TR
Wednesday August 13, 2008 12:51pm
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.


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Approach
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First view of destination
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Looming crappy weather

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Waterfall near camp

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New weather - same day!

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Our alternate destination, Unnamed 12,473'. Some locals call this Canyon Peak, others called it Blackwelder Peak.

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On the ascent and Cloud Peak on the right

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Summit area

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the end

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the museum is a trad climber from Rapid City.

Comments
Nostrodomas

Trad climber
Visalia, Ca.
  Aug 13, 2008 - 01:03pm PT
Wow very beautiful.... The pictures give me some relief from the scorching California heat.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
  Aug 13, 2008 - 02:35pm PT
Cloud Peak!
Maybe Petro will chime in...
Indianclimber

Trad climber
Las Vegas
  Aug 13, 2008 - 07:31pm PT
Museum great pictures ,thanks for the TR
Ninfa
klk

Trad climber
cali
  Aug 13, 2008 - 07:44pm PT
Bighorns look great-- gorgeous area. Maybe next year.
snakefoot

climber
Nor Cal
  Aug 13, 2008 - 08:58pm PT
another great adventure, thanks for sharing.
Zander

climber
  Aug 13, 2008 - 10:19pm PT
Beautiful place! Museum,
Looks like fun too.
Thanks for posting,
Zander
Toker Villain

Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
  Aug 13, 2008 - 11:22pm PT
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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