Day 4, Saturday June 20 , 2015
Start 43-163WT, creek near the Wyoming-Colorado border, mile 1507
End 01-128WT creek on Stock Driveway, mile 1528.4
The journey continues up and down a 4WD road, named Wyoming Trail, surrounded by forest on all sides without views.
In a few miles is the Wyoming border sign. A notation on my map reports that it is traditional to let out a WHOOP when reaching the border, and I yelled loud in celebration.
The map shows the trail is following “Stock Driveway”. Those must have been some tough cattle, for the trail is rugged here. Grassy areas on the top of ridges and peaks provide good views of surrounding peaks.
Tread disappears, and one must follow cairns with posts the rest of the day.
It is a game of hide-and-seek, spotting the next cairn, and the cairn usually wins. In places the cairnage was terrible to behold, pun intended. Slowing down or stopping to locate the next cairn really slowed down my average speed.
The trail goes over several rocky peaks in the Huston Wilderness. Some are over 10k and have snow on top, but no post-holing as in Colorado.
I camp near a creek at high elevation on a bit of bare ground surrounded by snow, but the night is strangely warm.
Tomorrow, Encampment.
[Finished audiobook Agatha H. and the Voice of the Castle by Phil and Kaja Foglio]