Cirque of Towers
Sep 30, 2018 15:45:53 #
The Cirque of the Towers is located in Wyoming's Wind River Range, part of which is in the Bridger Wilderness in Bridger-Teton National Forest, while the remainder is in the Popo Agie Wilderness in Shoshone National Forest. Located in the southern section of the Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short), the Cirque is a very popular destination for technical rock climbers. Climber Orrin Bonney gave the area its current name in 1941 after his survey of the cirque. Prior to this, few if any visitors had ventured into the cirque due to its remote location. The Cirque is an almost circular hole or valley carved by a glacier that retreated over 8,000 years ago. As is true with the rest of the Winds, the mountains are composed almost entirely of granite. The Continental Divide spans the crest of the main peaks. The towers average 1,000 feet lower in altitude than the highest mountains in the northern Winds, with Lizard Head Peak at (12,847 ft being the tallest. I was there during a pack trip in 2010. This is a cell phone shot, using a tripod.
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Sep 30, 2018 16:55:12 #
Hike up there a few times during my 15 or so years as a scoutmaster in Wyoming. Great shot.
Sep 30, 2018 16:59:14 #
Sep 30, 2018 17:13:01 #
G Rissler wrote:
Hike up there a few times during my 15 or so years as a scoutmaster in Wyoming. Great shot.
Wow! That's one tough hike! You're an animal! My hat's off to you!
Sep 30, 2018 18:34:37 #
We would go in at Big Sandy and come out at Sinks Canyon to earn the "Fifty Mile Afoot and Afloat" badge. As memory serves we crossed the continental divide 6 times. Great experience, for sure. Another great one was to go in at Turpin Meadows and hike of the thoroughfare, or "Parting of the Waters," as the Indians called it, to Bridger Lake and back. We would never be home long before the scouts would start saying, "Are we doing another 50 miler next year?" I would have to look back at my patch vest, but I think I did 5, or maybe 6.
Sep 30, 2018 23:15:07 #
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Oct 1, 2018 18:56:29 #
G Rissler wrote:
BTW, Garrett Peak, also in the Winds, is taller at 13,810.
BTW, it's not Garrett Peak, it's Gannett Peak (pictured here in s shot I made during a pack trip in 2012).
Oct 1, 2018 19:30:55 #
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