Wyoming’s Least Visited Mountain Range Is A Treasure

One of Wyoming's least visited mountain ranges is one of its most beautiful and most interesting.

From the YouTube page Justin Hikes, our host takes us up to see what so many who visit Wyoming are missing.

Let's explore the geography of Wyoming's Snowy Range, one of the least visited of Wyoming's many mountain ranges. But we won't just learn about the Snowy Range, we go on location ourselves to:

 

Experience the challenges and rewards of hiking Medicine Bow Peak, the range's highest summit Camp at Sugarloaf Campground, one of the highest campgrounds in the United States Hike to alpine lakes that are still partly frozen in early July Walk among the many colorful wildflowers blooming where snow has melted just days earlier.

You can watch the video, below. 

In the winter there is the Snowy Range Ski Area is nestled within the scenic Medicine Bow National Forest in southeast Wyoming.

With a family-friendly atmosphere and affordable winter recreation for ski and snowboard enthusiasts of all abilities, guests can avoid the crowds and enjoy all the amenities of Snowy Range Ski Area.

The Snowy Range Ski Area is the most affordable in the Western U.S.!

Sugar Loaf Campground is one of the highest-elevation campgrounds in the United States at just over ten thousand feet. You might find show up there even in the middle of summer.

Sugar Loaf is a rustic, picturesque campground where every site has delightful views of the Snowy Range. 22-foot max trailer length. Tight roads and small campsites. Tents must be set up on tent pads and are not permitted outside the developed pad.

One of the first scenic byways designated on National Forests, this 29-mile stretch of paved road crosses through spectacular alpine habitats.

The top of this road is closed during winter.

The drive rises from sagebrush and lodgepole pine forests below and offers views of rugged peaks reaching over 12,000 feet in elevation, crystal clear lakes, and gorgeous displays of native wildflowers in the spruce-fir forests and alpine areas of the high country.

Make sure you visit Laramie on the east side of the snowy range and bathe in the hot spring of Saratoga on the other side.