Big Horn Mountains

14 is doable. 14A is the one folks call "o my God hill" because that's what you will say when you start down it (going west). the Medicine Wheel is on 14A, so leave your 5th wheel in camp. :)

schl44 wrote:
We will be traveling from Wisconsin on I 90.

When you are west bound on 14 you will be going down into shell Canyon.
This is steep and crooked, gear down, slow down, use your trailer brakes and you truck breaks alternately. stop at the pull out and let traffic clear, and you brakes to cool. You will want to stop anyway, it is a stunningly beautiful area, and you'll need to take a lot of pictures.

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schl44, Be aware, roads and passes in the Big Horns are fairly steep and curvy. NOT unsafe! But, use common sense. Believe the highway signs, and if you have engine/exhaust/jake brake.... use it! Save the brakes in case you need them!

On the Big Horn Basin side.....

Much to see and do in area: Near Shell... Medicine Wheel, dinosaur tracks in stream (almost always dry) bottom, beautiful off roading in area (BLM & National Forest). Thermopolis, Wy (give us a wave when you pass by Winchester)......Wyoming Dinosaur Center (ranked as one of the best privately owned dino museums in US) and very nice Hot Springs State Park. Also at Thermopolis... The Wind River Canyon, with rafting and great trout fishing. Meeteetse, Wyoming... Very neat museum, Pitchfork Ranch (many Marlboro commercials filmed here), up the Wood River to Kirwin (an old abandoned mining town). Amelia Earhart was having a cabin built here at the time of here disappearance. To get to Kirwin, you need to go later summer(after snow melt runoff), many river crossings and two track road for several miles.

Then on to Cody.... you've probably heard about it and Yellowstone!
:).

Enjoy your trip and "Happy Trails", memtb

We will be traveling from Wisconsin on I 90.

Steep and curvy going down the mountain towards Shell. Keep it slow and you will be fine. The speed limit is very low anyway through that stretch. Check out the Devil's Kitchen down towards Greybull of you get a chance. Really unusual and colorful rock formations.

Which direction will you be going thru Shell Canyon?