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Don’t bother cleaning your boots — they’re gonna get dusty out here. Whether you’re hoofing it or testing the limits of gravity on our made-for-mountain-biking terrain, get your heart pumping with some of the West’s greatest scenery as the backdrop at these adventurous locales. TAKE A HIKE Rotary Park Skill Level: Easy to Moderate On the 5-mile Rotary Park loop trail, ramble through dense forest and sagebrush, soak in views of Garden Creek Falls and red-rock formations, and spot deer, antelope and other wildlife at this popular park just south of Casper. Snowy Range Skill Level: Moderate Scenic hiking routes abound in the Snowy Range, including a 45-mile portion of the Continental Divide Trail (550 beautiful miles of the trail run through Wyoming), which offers access to sights of grassy meadows, spruce forests and towering peaks. Trailheads are located near Saratoga and Encampment. Cloud Peak Wilderness Skill Level: Moderate to Difficult Glacier-carved valleys, glistening lakes and pine and spruce woodlands make up the Cloud Peak Wilderness, an area featuring some the most majestic alpine backdrops in America. Choose from more than 100 miles of trails with access points near Buffalo, Greybull and Sheridan. PEDAL POWER National Parks Spring Road Biking Skill Level: Easy to Moderate From late March to mid-April, some of the most scenic stretches in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks are cleared of snow but closed to cars — letting cyclists rule the road for glorious, traffic-free sightseeing. Wilkins Peak Trail System Skill Level: Moderate to Difficult Trail names like Pick Your Poison, Quick Draw and Better Than Dead evoke wicked Wild West lore, and so does the rugged terrain at this trail network near the town of Green River. But cyclists’ hard work is rewarded with panoramic vistas of southwest Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge Country. Curt Gowdy State Park Skill Level: Difficult Situated between Cheyenne and Laramie, Curt Gowdy State Park is crisscrossed with 30 miles of diverse MTB trails, but one towers above them all: El Alto (“the high” in Spanish) ascends steep granite boulders and black-diamond terrain before reaching the park’s highest point. WY Am I Here? Wyoming has access, opportunity and variety like no place else. We have over 800 species of wildlife, and nearly half of Wyoming is public land — so if you want to fish, hunt, watch wildlife or just enjoy the loveliest of landscapes — you can do it here. — KATHRYN P. BOSWELL Hunter & Angler Participation Coordinator for the Wyoming Game & Fish Department & Organizer of the Wyoming Women’s Antelope Hunt
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