Lander Area Chamber of Commerce 2014 Travel and Relocation Guide | Page 31

There’s something for everyone
National Big Horn
Sheep Interpretive
Center: Learn about wild
sheep through hands-on
exhibits. Winter tours
are available to provide
a wonderful opportunity
to view wildlife on the
winter range of Whisky
Mountain Herd.
Dubois Museum &
Wind River Historical
Center: A living history
museum that presents and
interprets the history of
Wyoming’s Upper Wind
River Valley including
the Sheep Eater Indians.
Galleries: From fine
art to carved antlers and
custom leather, Dubois is
home to numerous galleries which represent the
finest artists and artisans

in western Wyoming.
The authentic West lives
in Wind River Country
artists.
Out door Adventure:
Wildlife: Dubois is
home to one of the largest
native Big Horn Sheep
populations in the U.S.
Visiting the Whiskey
Peak herd is a once-ina-lifetime experience.
Not only can you see Big
Horn Sheep, but moose,
elk, grizzly bear, black
bear, wolf, deer and
mountain lion are abundant.
Fishing: Fishing in
the Wind River Range
is an experience like
no other. It has been
called “one of the last
great frontiers of U.S. fly

fishing” by the Angling
Report. The Wind River
Range cuts a huge diagonal swath across west
central Wyoming. Part of
the Continental Divide,
the Wind River Range
boasts the state’s highest
mountains.
Trails: Dubois, like
Lander, offers spectacular
outdoor possibilities for
the adventurous. A combined 806,349 acres of
the most spectacular wilderness area in the lower
48 states stretches from
the Cirque of Towers
to the Absoraka Range.
There are seven trailheads
in the upper Wind River
(Fitzpatrick and Washakie
Wilderness) that allow
access nearly 450 miles

of non-motorized trails,
ATV trails, 16 miles of
x-country trails and 135
miles of snowmobile
trails.
Snowmobile:
Appealing to many
sledders is the variety
of riding available on
the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail.
There’s something for
everyone in terms of skill
level and length of trail.
There are hundreds of
miles of groomed trails,
or ungroomed powder.
Plus, exceptional services
are available throughout
the trail system so you
can end each day with a
hot meal and comfortable
lodging.

Pack horse races held annually
The Don Scheer
Memorial Packhorse
Race is held in late May
at the Dubois Town Park.
The race features teams
of both men and women
competing. Each race
consists of teams breaking down their camp,
packing up one horse,
saddle two other horses
and trotting a seven-mile
course. At which point
they must unpack the
horse, have a 15-minute
break, trot another sevenmile course and set up
camp again. The first
team (two people, three
horses) to complete the
course wins.
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