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Start (9,700) Travel Southwest on Big Sandy Trail for 5.5 miles. End at Big Sandy Campground (9,200). (5.5mi total, 500 ft loss.)
Drive to SLC 268 mi., 5:30 hours. (Click to see map)
Overnight at La Quinta Inn, Salt Lake City West, 3540 South 2200 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Start (10,000) Hike East on North Fork Trail for 2 mi, See Lonesome Lake. Hike South on Jackass Pass Trail, over the Continental Divide at Jackass Pass (10,800), then back down to Big Sandy Lake.
End.(9,700). (5 mi total, 800 ft gain, 1,100 ft loss, 1,900 ft total change)
Campsite 7 (9,700): Just North of Big Sandy Lake, where Jackass Pass Trail meets Big Sandy Trail.

Layover Day. Hike East on North Fork Trail, Explore Cirque of the Towers. Woohoo!! Campsite 6: Same as Campsite 5.

Start (9,900) East on Bear’s Ears Trail for 3 mi, traveling North of Valentine Lake. This takes us up steep switchbacks above treeline to about 11,600 ft., in the area of Cathedral Peak. Then take Lizard Head Trail South for 5.5 miles, across the plateau-like area, with a high point of 11,800, back down into Lizard Head Meadows, at about 10,000 ft. (8.5 mi total, 1,900 ft gain, 1,800 ft loss, 3,700 ft total change) Campsite 5 (10,000): In Lizard Head Meadows, Near North Fork Trail.

(Same campsite)

Layover Day: Day hike Southeast on Washakie Trail into Washakie Lake Area, Explore around, potentially check out a Glacier. (Macon Lake is at 10,800; Washakie Pass is at 11,600) Campsite 4: same as campsite 3.

Exploring Cirque of the Towers.

Start (10,000). Hike East Along Trail that is North of Grave Lake for 2 miles. Trail meets Onion Meadows Trail and Bears Ears Trail. Take Bears Ears Trail Southeast, then south, for 3 mi. (Ignore valentine Mountain Trail that branches East after 1.5 miles). End. (5 mi Total, 100ft loss. ) Campsite 3 (est. 9,900ft): Where Bear’s Ears Trail meets Washakie lake Trail, along the South Fork Little Wind River.

Start (9900). Highline Trail joins Pyramid Lake Trail: Go Right (North). Hike North on Pyramid Lake Trail for 3.5 miles. (Ignore Shadow Lake trail branching off to the East after 1.5 miles. Ignore Washakie Lake Trail Branching off to East after 2.5 miles). Take Hailey Pass Northeast for 3.5 miles.
Hailey’s pass Trail takes you over the Continental Divide at 11,200 ft and back down to Grave Lake at 10,000 ft. (7 mi total, 1,300 Gain. 1,200 loss. 2,500 ft total change)
Campsite 2 (10,000ft): Just East of Grave Lake, along or near Hailey Pass Trail.

Drive to Big Sandy trailhead, 57 mi, 2:05 hours. (Click for map)
Start (approx, 42°41’6.15″N, 109°16’16.55″W) (Elevation 9200) Hike North on Fremont/Highline
Trail for 5 miles. In the next 2 miles, the trail passes East of Dad’s Lake, crosses over the stream/river, passes Marm’s Lake on the West. (7 mi Total, 700ft Gain.)
Campsite 1 (Elevation: 9900): Just North of Marm’s Lake, near where the Fremont/Highline Trail meets the Pyramid Lake Trail.

Hike and explore GTNP. Depart by 4pm.
Drive to Pinedale, WY, 77 mi., 1:22 hours.

Tour Yellowstone NP
Camp in Gros Ventre campground, GTNP.

Drive to Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) 300 mi, 5 hours.
Visit interpretive sites.
Camp in Gros Ventre campground, GTNP.

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Depart Knoxville (TYS) 6:04 pm Frontier Airlines flight F9 601.
Arrive SLC 10:20pm, MDT, Frontier flight F9 589.
Overnight at La Quinta Inn, Salt Lake City West, 3540 South 2200 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Update: SLC flight delayed until 11:00pm.

On June 28, 2013 at 6:40pm we purchased 4 MagiQuest games at greatwolf.com in Mason OH while visiting for my sister’s wedding.