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Wolfs Head is a (12,165-foot (3,708 m)) mountain located in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [3] Wolfs Head is on the northwest side of the Cirque of the Towers, a popular climbing area. The peak is just north of Overhanging Tower and connected to Pingora Peak by a narrow arête.
Wind River Canyon is a scenic Wyoming canyon on the Wind River. [1] It is located between the towns of Shoshoni and Thermopolis and is a popular stop for visitors to Yellowstone National Park. It is accessible by U.S. Highway 20 and Wyoming Highway 789. It was designated as a Wyoming Scenic Byway in 2005. [2]
The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The Wind River is 185 miles (298 km) [ 3 ] long. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn.
A Shoshone encampment in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, photographed by W. H. Jackson, 1870 Green River Lakes and Squaretop Mountain [2] Titcomb Lakes Looking across the Bonneville Basin to Mount Bonneville and Raid Peak. The Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short) is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the ...
Gannett Peak is the highest summit of the Wind River Range, the U.S. State of Wyoming, and the Central Rocky Mountains.. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of Wyoming.
Popo Agie Wilderness (/ p oʊ ˈ p oʊ ʒ ə / poh-POH-zhə) [1] [2] is located within Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, United States. The wilderness consists of 101,870 acres (41,230 ha; 159.17 sq mi) on the east side of the continental divide in the Wind River Range. Originally set aside as a primitive area in 1932, in 1984 the Wyoming ...
The wilderness lies on the west side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range and contains Gannett Peak; at 13,809 feet (4,209 m) [1] it is the tallest mountain in Wyoming. The wilderness is a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles.
The Wind River Basin is a semi-arid intermontane foreland basin in central Wyoming, United States. It is bounded by Laramide uplifts on all sides. On the west is the Wind River Range and on the North are the Absaroka Range and the Owl Creek Mountains. The Casper Arch separates the Wind River from the Powder River Basin to the east and the ...