Hazleton Kaycee Loop GP

This is a fantastic 100 mile off-road trip!  Be aware that it is very remote, and you may go the middle 50 of those miles without seeing another person. 

Portions of these middle miles are fairly bumpy, but do not reach the 2.0 difficulty level.

We were 8 hours round trip from Buffalo.  We stopped frequently to take pictures, but moved right along in between stops.

The Bighorn Mountains form a north-south spine, and this loop follows the southern part of that spine.  It is below anything considered alpine.  Most of the western leg is about 8,000' elevation, then it drops down toward Kaycee at 5,000'.

There is a GPS - gpx track at the bottom of the page.
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Milking her for all she's worth
The western leg is high sagebrush and open pastureland with patches of forest interspersed.  Lots of cattle and sheep, wildflowers in season and a few deer and antelope.

The southern and eastern portions are dryer and would probably be called High Desert or Plains.  Scenic rock formations and lots of antelope.
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Remote western leg
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Southeastern portion
Updated 2013.
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