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1.START-END NORTH-1:jct Bar X Rd - Freighter Gap Rd 2.profile turns right up smaller track following Jack Morrow Creek 3.profile stays left at site of Chilton Ranch 4.TOP, 8040ft 5.route joins BLM4102, turning left 6.profile goes left at this summit point of CR83 Frighter Gap Rd 7.START-END NORTH-2, same as point 2

Approaches

From North-1. The profile starts where a signed intersection offers a way to graveleer your way either to Oregon Buttes or Freighters Gap, that is CR21 or CR83. The profile goes gently up CR83, a small relatively moist ravine, where I encountered a group of 3 wild horses with their lead horse patrolling in both directions as I was passing through. It wa surprising how close they stayed to the the road in this relatively narrow gap.

Right where a point, that looks llike a summit point comes in sight (but isn't because it doesn't drop much on the other side), an unlabeled less used track takes off direction Steamboat Mountain. After a few miles, going gets a little slower, rougher and steeper. A lonely abandoned looking trailer marks a point where this track splits again in this lonesome valley. The profile follows the more used southern track. A short steep climb leads to impressive views of the distant Wind River Mountains. A photogenic solitary tree marks a spot near the summit point. This point is located immediately after a T-junction, where the path of travel reverses back towards the east. The option of going west promises another approach option over a higher point. But the summit point on this profile is also a perfect vantage point onto the Oregon Buttes and the Wind River Range.

From North-2. (described downwards) A short descent leads to BLM4102. Both directions offer day loop possibilities. But in order to demonstrate the ride below, the profile turns left and follows a shallow canyon rim to the Tri Territory Monument, onwards to a junction with CR83. This turns out to be the false summit point, visible from the last turnoff following upper Jack Morrow Creek.