Comments on: Bighorns – Cloud Peak Wilderness https://pmags.com/big-horns-cloud-peak-wilderness Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Wed, 03 Aug 2016 21:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nick Otis https://pmags.com/big-horns-cloud-peak-wilderness#comment-541609 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:27:59 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=8166#comment-541609 Paul,

Thanks for the link here from BPL. These mountains and lakes remind me of the Sierras here–my favorite place–but they are a bit different. Looking forward to getting to know this area. Cheers.

]]> By: Drew Smith https://pmags.com/big-horns-cloud-peak-wilderness#comment-540867 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:36:50 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=8166#comment-540867 In reply to Paul Mags.

It’s in Kirby, WY, about 20 miles N of Thermopolis. A bit bizarre – Kirby consists of a huge gleaming ultramodern distillery and a dozen shacks and a decrepit roadhouse between the railroad and the Bighorn River. Apparently the distillery is owned by a Jackson jetsetter who was looking for some cheaper land. I think he found it.

The whisky is decent, but you don’t need to cancel your plans to visit Scotland in favor of Kirby.

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/big-horns-cloud-peak-wilderness#comment-540663 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 03:58:03 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=8166#comment-540663 In reply to Drew Smith.

I went to the Flattops last year around this time. Similar vibe in the sense that they are both mountain ranges for enjoying rather than conquering.

I went via the Buffalo side. If I knew there was a distillery in Thermopolis, I’d have to change my plans!!! 🙂

]]> By: Drew Smith https://pmags.com/big-horns-cloud-peak-wilderness#comment-540651 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 03:11:17 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=8166#comment-540651 Nice report and photos, the Big Horns have been on my list for a while. Been car camping but never backpacking there. And you are dead on about the overcrowding, you pretty much have to go to the S San Juans or the Flattops to feel “out there”.

Did you stop at the Wyoming Whisky distillery north of Thermopolis or did you drive up the other side?

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