DWTH Day 22: Big Horn Wilderness

Daily Miles: 17.9, Total Miles: 332.3

I got an early start entering the 21k-acre Big Horn Wilderness Area designated in 1990, which features nine miles of rocky ridgelines, steep canyons, fissures, and chimneys and also home for desert bighorns and desert tortoises.

While walking up washes and x-country, I was surprised at how much greenery (grass, weeds and shrubs) I saw, not to mention early spring flowers including pestamins.

Shades of Utah, I also saw two small arches, actually more like windows, high up on the jagged ridgeline. The 1,800’ Big Horn Peak was also impressive and did look like a big horn.

Water today came from a wildlife guzzler with a large tank of cool, clear water and a stock tank with a full trough.

I camped at dusk in a narrow wash about four miles north of the wilderness boundary.