Day 4 of the 2023 Black Hills Bounty warms up with a brisk climb to the Warren Peak Lookout Tower in the Bear Lodge Mountains of Wyoming. Dave, the friendly U.S. Forest Ranger staffing the Lookout, greets us with a familiar smile and a favorable weather forecast.
We skedaddle down the east side of Warren Peak on a series of Low Standard Roads and MUV trails to climb a ridge line for lunch with a view. Maybe it's the best lunch view of the entire ride, although that competition is stiff. Then more rough roads and trails, a few WHOO-HOO! mud holes, good county gravel, and a short stretch of pavement deposit us at Devil's Tower National Monument for the evening.
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Warren Peak Road, USFS Primary Road 838. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Warren Peak Road, USFS Primary Road 838. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Warren Peak Road, USFS Primary Road 838. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Warren Peak Road, USFS Primary Road 838. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Old School Lookout Tower on Warren Peak. (image by Craig Groseth) |
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View from the Lookout Tower on Warren Peak. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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View from the Lookout Tower on Warren Peak. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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View from the Lookout Tower on Warren Peak. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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View from the base of the Lookout Tower on Warren Peak. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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USFS Secondary Road 830.1. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Unnumbered USFS Low Standard Road, now MUV Trail #1281. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Unnumbered USFS Low Standard Road, now MUV Trail #1281. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Unnumbered Low Standard Road, now MUV #1283. (image by Ben Cooper) |
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Unnumbered USFS Low Standard Road, now MUV Trail #1283. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Unnumbered USFS Low Standard Road, now MUV Trail #1283. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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This is the Way. USFS Low Standard Road 110. (image by Ben Cooper) |
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Taylor County Road, USFS Low Standard Road 110. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Ridge line pasture along Taylor County Road, USFS Low Standard Road 110. (image by Craig Groseth) |
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View from Taylor County Road, USFS Low Standard Road 110. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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View from Taylor County Road, USFS Low Standard Road 110. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Thumbs up for the view from Taylor County Road, USFS Low Standard Road 110. Peggy Waite-Bradley, Ben Cooper, Kevin Fox, Jeff Caldwell, Craig Groseth, Jon Naaf. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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View from Taylor County Road, USFS Low Standard Road 110. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Lunch along Taylor County Road, USFS Low Standard Road 110. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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Unnumbered USFS Low Standard Road, now MUV Trail 1105. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Unnumbered USFS Low Standard Road, now MUV Trail 1105. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Unnumbered USFS Low Standard Road, now MUV Trail 1105. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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USFS Primary Road 209. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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USFS Primary Road 209. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Wyoming State Highway 24. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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Ben Cooper, Jon Naaf, Peggy Waite-Bradley, Jeff Caldwell, Paul Brasby, Kevin Fox. (image by Peggy Waite-Bradley) |
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KOA at Devil's Tower National Monument. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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