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Red Canyon at the southeast end of the Wind River Range. The photo was taken at a viewpoint along HW28 on our drive from Cody to Pinedale, WY. From an information board at the viewpoint: "One of the main Indian trails through this region followed Red Canyon Creek in the valley below. Traces of the trail may still be seen on the face of the slope to the west (left side of photo). Mountain men used this same trail in the days of the rendezvous. Later, it became a wagon road and stagecoach route from South Pass City to Lander and For Washakie. The road was so steep that it was called the Red Grade."