Mountain of Youth
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Hey all,
Apologies if this is a repeat thread, I tried to search and found similar topics but not exactly what I'm looking for. My wife and I are going to be in Lander in mid-July and I'm hoping to get some advice on short (1 or 2 nights, maybe 10-25 miles total) backpacking trips in the area. It looks like the most popular trailheads are on the west side of the range, but as we're visiting friends in Lander and have limited time I'd prefer to stay on that side if at all possible.
From searching the internet, I've come up with a couple ideas:
-Deep Creek and/or Ice Lakes area from Worthen Meadow trailhead
-Ross Lakes or Bomber Lake up near Dubois
-Something (maybe Bears Ears or Cathedral Lakes) out of Dickinson Park (not high on my list due to the $ for permits)
For those of you familiar with the area, are any of these significantly better than the others, or do you have a better suggestion? In particular I'm a fan of big open vistas and few people, ideally. I have a lot of backpacking experience all over the western U.S. (but never the Winds), but my wife is fairly inexperienced, so preferably nothing off-trail and nothing extremely strenuous. Lastly, I've read horror stories about the mosquitoes that time of year - how bad is it?
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm a new poster here but I've found forums like this invaluable to getting first-hand advice about new areas. And of course I'll be back to post trip reports and photos after our trip!
Apologies if this is a repeat thread, I tried to search and found similar topics but not exactly what I'm looking for. My wife and I are going to be in Lander in mid-July and I'm hoping to get some advice on short (1 or 2 nights, maybe 10-25 miles total) backpacking trips in the area. It looks like the most popular trailheads are on the west side of the range, but as we're visiting friends in Lander and have limited time I'd prefer to stay on that side if at all possible.
From searching the internet, I've come up with a couple ideas:
-Deep Creek and/or Ice Lakes area from Worthen Meadow trailhead
-Ross Lakes or Bomber Lake up near Dubois
-Something (maybe Bears Ears or Cathedral Lakes) out of Dickinson Park (not high on my list due to the $ for permits)
For those of you familiar with the area, are any of these significantly better than the others, or do you have a better suggestion? In particular I'm a fan of big open vistas and few people, ideally. I have a lot of backpacking experience all over the western U.S. (but never the Winds), but my wife is fairly inexperienced, so preferably nothing off-trail and nothing extremely strenuous. Lastly, I've read horror stories about the mosquitoes that time of year - how bad is it?
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm a new poster here but I've found forums like this invaluable to getting first-hand advice about new areas. And of course I'll be back to post trip reports and photos after our trip!
