Bridger & Popo Agie wilderness visit, 2025 Aug-Sep
Eight-day, 83-mile trek in August-September. Cumulative mileage at each campsite marker; click on each camp icon for daily GPS data.

Camp1 (at 8 mi): North Lake
Day1 GPS data: 7.7 mi distance at 1.9 mph with average elevation change of 275 ft/mi (ascending 1575 ft [74%] and descending 550 ft [26%]).

Camp2 (at 21 mi): Valentine Lake
Day2 GPS data: 13.1 mi distance at 1.5 mph with average elevation change of 500 ft/mi (ascending 3375 ft [53%] and descending 3025 ft [47%]).

Camp3 (at 33 mi): Skull Lake
Day3 GPS data: 12.4 mi distance at 1.8 mph with average elevation change of 425 ft/mi (ascending 2625 ft [49%] and descending 2750 ft [51%]).

Camp4 (at 42 mi): Raid Creek

Camp5 (at 51 mi): Pipestone Lakes

Camp6 (at 62 mi): Baldy Lakes

Camp7 (at 74 mi): Sweeney Lakes

Finish (at 83 mi): Half Moon Lake Lodge

GPS track
GPS data: 83.4 mi distance at 1.9 mph pace with average elevation change of 400 ft per mi (ascending 15,550 ft [48%] and descending 17,025 ft [52%]).

Wilderness areas

Bridger Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 509
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=78
Wilderness | Bridger Wilderness
State | WY
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 78
Abbreviated Name | Bridger
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Bridger.jpg
Acreage | 426751
Description | Jim Bridger, certainly one of the most famous mountain men in American history, is memorialized by this popular Wilderness in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming. This rugged piece of the Rocky Mountains...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 78FS
Designated | 1964
ORIG_FID | 44346

Popo Agie Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 694
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=470
Wilderness | Popo Agie Wilderness
State | WY
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 470
Abbreviated Name | Popo_Agie
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PopoAgie.jpg
Acreage | 102620
Description | This rough land features high, jagged peaks; deep, narrow valleys and canyons; sheer granite walls; cirque basins; talus slopes; and perennial snowfields. This area abuts the Continental Divide and encompasses...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 470FS
Designated | 1984
ORIG_FID | 44532

Fitzpatrick Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 552
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=185
Wilderness | Fitzpatrick Wilderness
State | WY
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 12/27/2021
WID | 185
Abbreviated Name | Fitzpatrick
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Fitzpatrick.jpg
Acreage | 198906
Description | Originally called the Glacier Primitive Area, this Wilderness holds 44 active glaciers (one spanning 1,220 acres) and many ragged mountain peaks in the northern half of the Wind River Mountain Range. Situated...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 185FS
Designated | 1976
ORIG_FID | 44389

Fires

2025 Dollar Lake (19,000 ac)