Cirque of the Towers seen from Little Sandy Trail below Deep Lake. Wind River Range, Bridger-Teton NF, Wyoming, USA.

See Cirque of the Towers in the distance as we cross granite rocks along Little Sandy Trail during the ascent from Clear Lake to Deep Lake, in Bridger Wilderness, Wind River Range, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, USA. Backpack to Big Sandy Lake Campground (11 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain). Day hike from Big Sandy Lake to Clear Lake and Deep Lake below East Temple Peak then loop back via Temple Lake, Miller Lake, and Rapid Lake (7.5 miles, 1060 ft gain) on the Continental Divide Trail. The Continental Divide follows the crest of the "Winds". Mostly composed of granite batholiths formed deep within the earth over 1 billion years ago, the Wind River Range is one of the oldest mountain ranges in North America. These granite monoliths were uplifted, exposed by erosion, then carved by glaciers 500,000 years ago to form cirques and U-shaped valleys.

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Contained in galleries: Wyoming: Wind River Range, 2019 Sep 4-Oct 20 all: RV to WY, NE, IL, CO, UT

See Cirque of the Towers in the distance as we cross granite rocks along Little Sandy Trail during the ascent from Clear Lake to Deep Lake, in Bridger Wilderness, Wind River Range, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, USA. Backpack to Big Sandy Lake Campground (11 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain). Day hike from Big Sandy Lake to Clear Lake and Deep Lake below East Temple Peak then loop back via Temple Lake, Miller Lake, and Rapid Lake (7.5 miles, 1060 ft gain) on the Continental Divide Trail. The Continental Divide follows the crest of the "Winds". Mostly composed of granite batholiths formed deep within the earth over 1 billion years ago, the Wind River Range is one of the oldest mountain ranges in North America. These granite monoliths were uplifted, exposed by erosion, then carved by glaciers 500,000 years ago to form cirques and U-shaped valleys.