Date: July 24-25, 2020
Location: Rawah Wilderness
Distance: 20 miles
Elevation Change: 3300 feet up and 3300 feet back down
Group: Mat and Liz
According to the Forest Service, "Rawah" is a native American term meaning "wild place." And apparently the correct pronunciation sounds like Ray-wah. Having never been there, it sounded like a fun place to check out. We did a loop that included some mini-yo-yos to see some lakes off the main loop.
We did our route counter-clockwise and passed an old cabin (or portion of a cabin) on the way in.
A rare sighting...
While we didn't camp there, the area near this stream (and the lake the feeds it) was probably my favorite. Will definitely be back to spend more time there.
11 miles in brought us to our camping spot for the night. The sun even peaked out a few times while we relaxed and explored the area.
A cow moose and calf made three seperate appearances while we were at our spot for the night. It looks like the cow has a radio collar.
The entire area was covered in wildflowers. Liz saw one of her favorites from growing up backpacking in the Tetons - Elephant Head.
Overnight temperatures were just right and there was a brief smattering of rain that changed over to a sunny (for a brief time) morning.
We climbed to the highest elevation of the loop on the way out (about 11,200) and enjoyed seeing several other lakes in this area as well as some nice streams.
Some of the streams took a little more care to cross and Liz may or may not have gotten a little wet on one of these.
Looking forward to returning to explore more areas in this great "wild place."
