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Scenic Drive Up Wood River Canyon, WY
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| Scenic Drive | 130.00 Miles |
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| no partners | | This was a scenic drive up the Wood River canyon in the Absaroka Mountains. The canyon is located 38 driving miles south of the center of Cody where Mrs. OH and I had our “base camp”. I chose this destination after seeing information at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody that Amelia Earhart had a cabin built in this canyon after visiting a dude ranch near there. The road ends at the Kirwin mining ghost town and the cabin site is a mile further up the river on a trail. Amelia’s cabin was never completed due to her unfortunate disappearance on her around-the-world flight in 1937. I’ve seen photos of what remains of the cabin and there’s not much left but it is in a picturesque location. The ghost town is of some interest. Some of the buildings are in fairly good shape and are being restored by a volunteer group. The trail to the cabin continues on up the canyon into the heart of the mountains making this a worthy hiking destination.
Wood River Road is paved for about the first 11 miles and then becomes well maintained gravel for the next 8 miles to the Brown Mtn Campground entrance. From there it starts getting a little rough but ok for 2wd moderate clearance vehicles. About 2.7 miles past the CG it crosses the Wood River with no benefit of a bridge. This would be the end of the road if the river is high which would be likely during spring runoff. A short distance from this crossing it uses the river bed as a road for about 200 yds. Again, not drivable if the river is high which it wasn’t on this day but Mrs. OH wasn’t real wild about 4-wheeling it up a flowing river bed. The river bed was all gravel, the water was crystal clear and below axle height for our FJ’s 31 inch tires so all was good. It’s about 6.2 miles from the first bridgeless river crossing to the end of the road at the site of the Kirwin mining ghost town. Total distance from the turnoff on to Wood River Road and its end is about 27.2 miles. |
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