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editor — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

WYOMING BEST AREAS FOR WILDERNESS CAMPING YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 2,020,625 acres in Wyoming (2,219,736 acres total). Located in the northwest corner of Wyoming, with small portions in Montana and Idaho, Yellowstone is our largest National Park outside of Alaska. The park is slowly recovering from the damage suffered during the major forest fires of 1988. Most of the area is managed as wilderness. The park is most famous for Old Faithful, Mammoth Hot Springs, and literally thousands of other geysers and hot springs. Also notable are gigantic Yellowstone Lake and the 1,500-foot-deep Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, which has

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Travel to Wyoming

editor — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:00:00 +0000

Travel to Wyoming GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK 310,520 acres. Surrounded by National Forest lands, spectacular Grand Teton National Park is located directly south of Yellowstone National Park, in northwest Wyoming. This wilderness park centers around the magnificent Tetons, high and jagged mountains which rise precipitously from the plain of Jackson Hole. Highest is 13,770-foot Grand Teton, and eight other peaks are over 12,000 feet. There are also steep canyons, high alpine meadows, forests of spruce, pine, and fir, some lovely lakes, plus a stretch of the Snake River. Wildlife includes grizzly and black bear, bighorn sheep, elk, pronghorn antelope, moose,

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Visit to Wyoming

editor — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 04:30:00 +0000

Visit to Wyoming MAJOR BACKPACKING TRAILS CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL When completed, this important National Scenic Trail will extend over 3,000 miles from Canada to Mexico. So far only the Montana and Idaho sections have been officially designated and marked. The route in Wyoming still remains tentative. For most of its length here the trail is on National Forest lands, and it also passes through Yellowstone National Park. The trail follows near or next to the Continental Divide, and occasionally runs directly along the crest. It generally remains at high elevations, of course, and scenery along the way is often magnificent.

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