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The only reason for the exisitence of this page is because it happens to be the summit that has to be crossed, when making a loop over Limestone Mtn Rd s(u). This summit is unusual in that the most obscure and difficult sections are at the bottom, while going across the top is a relatively wonderful experience.

1.START-END WEST:FR326 crosses Little Popo Agie River without bridge 2.START-END WEST-ALT: jct FR326 - Limestone Mtn Rd 3.TOP, 7850ft 4.route crosses gate, direction west, before reaching canyon of Little Popo Agie 5.jct indistinct trail - Red Canyon Rd 6.jct Red Canyon Rd - Wy28

Approaches

From West. The profile starts at a crossing without a bridge of the Little Popo Agie River. On the other side the trail seems to be an extremely rough and steep track. It appears to be a kind of jeep road that climbs to the intersection with Louis Lake Road.

From the junction with Limestone Mountain Road, the surface surface following the profile is new and improved, even if very bumpy. A short climb leads to a summit on a traverse with a fairly nice view back to the Wind River Range.

From East. (described downwards) As a general rule for this approach, the further down you get, the worse it gets. The track heads northwards. But it can't get across the canyon carved by the Little Popo Agie. So the profile turns right across a gate, following the route most traffic has followed.

Very soon this becomes an extremely rough and rocky ranch track, that makes even walking uncomfortable. After one more climb up a small hill, the only comfort is the view of ranches down in the valley, which signal an end to this torture. After a steep descent on what I am tempted to call a mountain face made up of range land, the recorded profile cuts across some fields to get to the road that had been visible from above.

Looking back up from the bottom, after the torture has ended, down here it is an idycllic location, made up of a few small farmhouse at the mouth of Litte Popo Agie Canyon. It stands in contrast to the squiggly line down the vertical wall of grass that I just came down. The only thing worse would be going up this same slope. For the grand finale the route has to cross a deep watering ditch between the field and the road. But wait - there is a wooden plank laid across the watering ditch. The road turns out to be the Red Canyon Rd, a parallel gravel alternative to the lower eastern approach to South Pass. The spot where the torturous descent ends is easy to recognize in the other direction, because of the remnants of an old house (picture included), also the adjacent bridge across the Popo Agie. The profile continues downvalley on the Red Canyon Road to its junction with Wy28.

Dayride with this point as intermediate summit is on page: Limestone Mtn Rd s(u)