Participants were Ted, Brian, Jim, ShinHan, and myself. We went to the Cloud Peak Wilderness and spent a few nights at Lake Marion.

Our basecamp was overrun with chipmunks and weasels and a vicious monster. Ted, Brian, and ShinHan conquered Cloud Peak (elv. 13,126 ft). Another day all of us did a short day hike to Gunboat Lake, reconnoitered across a rocky pass, with rocks ranging in size from grapefruits to volkswagens, to a lovely subalpine lake. After lunch, we hiked to the tip of Lake Helen and then back to Base Camp Weasel

Located in north central Wyoming, the Cloud Peak Wilderness (189,039 acres) was created in the Bighorn National Forest when Congress passed the Wyoming Wilderness Act in 1984. Recognized as having some of the most majestic alpine scenery in America, this region was managed as the Cloud Peak Primitive Area as far back as 1932. This Wilderness is named for the tallest mountain in the Bighorn National Forest (Cloud Peak 13167 ft). The wilderness has the highest peaks in the Bighorn Mountains including Cloud Peak and Black Tooth Mountain, as well as Cloud Peak Glacier, the only remaining active glacier in the Bighorn Mountains.

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