Elevation

12,013 ft / 3,662 m

#145 in Wyoming

#2,416 in United States

Prominence
about

3,233 ft / 985 m

#5 in Wyoming

#299 in United States

Summits

17 summits

#5 in Wyoming

#1,282 in United States

Top climbing months

August   33%

July   27%

September  22%

Most climbed route

south east ridge

Highlights

  • Highest peak in the Snowy Range.
  • 4 trailheads lead to the summit
"Absolutely one of the most epic days I've ever had in the great outdoors! My expectations were high for Medicine Bow National Forest and I wasn't disappointed! As soon as I pulled into the trailhead parking lot, I was treated to a pair of moose walking along a picturesque lake below the mountains. On the hike itself, I soaked up the jaw-dropping lakeside scenery down below and was also rewarded with even more visual eye candy throughout the moderately-challenging incline. The 360° vistas from the 12,000+ foot summit didn't let me down either! All totaled, I took nearly 150 photos on this hike and was satisfied with nearly all of them. Only a couple dozen will be posted here so they don't take up too much space on the website. If you like what you see, you can one day take the opportunity to enjoy this remarkable setting in person. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone in the vicinity of Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and RMNP! Medicine Bow National Forest is every bit as spectacular as the aforementioned national parks in my opinion, but "suffers" from its national forest status. Perhaps it's a good thing that unheralded gems like Medicine Bow and Monongahela National Forests don'..." — theascent • Aug 20, 2019
"Wyoming just got a few feet of snow the previous week. We gave up at about 1,500 feet. We were cold and were sick of post holing through the snow. Travel was too slow. We crawled down much of the moountain to keep from seeking in. " — MtnGeek • Oct 9, 2004

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