Two-Tracks of the Bighorns 7-30-2022

[@markdickinson1550]

Way to show off beautiful Wyoming!

[@wyomingjeepers]

It is beautiful! Thanks!

[@melissacook]

Thank you! We try to show the best parts of this great state! :-) Thanks for watching and leaving us a comment.

[@OverlandPNW]

Gotta love those shelf roads! Wow!

[@wyomingjeepers]

Ya... The video didn't show it but it was pretty steep of the edge when Melissa was driving. She did a good job but I was a little distracted and didn't do a great job with the drone. :-)

[@melissacook]

Love them and hate them, kind of like the Minderaser rollercoaster in Denver! Loved it! Hated it! heehee

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

Yes, Love them. Haha - When I'm not driving!

[@yesode4201]

Melissa’s facial expressions! I had to watch that part twice. Thanks for the great ride.

[@wyomingjeepers]

Melissa has some wonderful expressions when on a ledge. It was actually tricky trying to drone, watch the road and keep an eye on Melissa! The video didn't show the edge very well but it was great. You will have to take that trail! Thanks for watching. :-)

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

HAHA - That road was something else!! What a trip! Thanks for watching and leaving us a comment.

[@K.Edmondson]

Neat trip Thanks for taking us along.

[@MelissaLCook]

Happy to have you along for the ride. We sure enjoyed seeing the Bighorn Mountains from those cliffs. Wait a minute, I wasn't looking. Haha - Thanks for watching!

[@wyomingjeepers]

You are welcome... Glad you liked it.

[@haroldwilkerson2026]

When you go in on Hunt Mountain Road if you turn left on a little dirt track after the switchbacks that little road will take you up into copemans tomb it is really pretty you can look out over the cliffs looking towards Antelope Butte ski area

[@wyomingjeepers]

Thank you for the information... Our great grandfather had a cabin up in that area. He used to run sheep up there leaving his teenage boys on the mountain all summer to tend the sheep.

[@melissacook]

We are going to check that out, soon! We love new roads. Thank you for sharing!

[@haroldwilkerson2026]

@@melissacook I don't think you can reach The Cliffs with a vehicle but it's not too far of a walk but it is really pretty up in there we hunted elk up in there all the time I think there's a few roads that you can get around on

[@europeantechie]

that tune at ~21m just always gets me

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

We love that tune too. Sometimes we worry that we use many of the same tunes. We try to keep track and vary it up but that's hard to do with so many songs in each show and so few great ones to choose from on KZbin studio. Thanks for watching and leaving us a great comment. We went right to 21 to see what song you like!

[@wyomingjeepers]

I really like it to... I really like the bell at~ 20:39 Thanks!

[@VideosOffRoad]

Another great video! Well done!!! 😊

[@MelissaLCook]

Awe. Thank you so much! Elgin and I had just gotten over COVID and were low on energy. That might explain why the video is shorter - not as much filming. 🙂

[@wyomingjeepers]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! :-)

[@cg62262]

Fantastic video (as usual). I can't wait to see what y'all have in store for Summer 2023! 💓

[@wyomingjeepers]

Thank you very much! We have a video or two left from last summer which is good as the mountains are still full of snow. :-) We do have a few planned that should be fun though. Thanks!

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

Watch for our fan trip announcement episode coming soon. We have two fun trips planned to meet the show fans and have them join us for the ride. Thanks for watching!

[@mickanonim3860]

Great video, as always. Thank you guys for posting!

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

Hey, thanks for leaving us a great comment. We appreciate that. 🙂

[@roberthallam6824]

That’s some beautiful country ! Thanks for the superb scenery and of course, the humor ! Hope to see ya this summer !

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

Stay tune for our fan trip announcement coming out soon. If you can't make one of our trips, let us know. If we are available, we love to meet up with show and book fans! Thanks for watching. We appreciate the comment, Robert!

[@wyomingjeepers]

You are welcome! Thank you for the comment and for watching... Would be great to meet this summer. :-)

[@relaxingvideosnorthwest3646]

Beautiful scenery! Thank you for sharing.

[@wyomingjeepers]

You are welcome! Thanks for viewing the show. :-)

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

It was a beautiful. Wyoming is full of beautiful places to see. Thank you for leaving us a comment. We appreciate it.

[@operationhomestead3065]

I'm loving your channel. I've been binge watching in preparation for our upcoming trip. Thanks for taking the time to video your journeys.

[@wyomingjeepers]

We are thrilled you are enjoying the channel. There are a lot of cool trips in it! We hope you have a wonderful trip! Thanks for your comment and for watching! BTW... We have a trail guide for the trails on on our KZbin channel coming out very soon. It may be of help to you if your trip is out this way in northwest Wyoming...

[@melissacook]

You are so welcome. We appreciate being on your binge-watching list. We haven't put out a video in a while because we have been writing the Wyoming Jeepers Trail Guide, which will be available soon. It may be useful for your trip planning if you plan to be in our neck of the woods. Thanks, again for watching and leaving a comment.

[@lydlund7348]

Beautiful as always 🐑😊

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

Thank you! Thank you! We appreciate the kudos!

[@wyomingjeepers]

Love your sheep icon! Thanks!

[@sdw2is]

Love the drone footage, directions and maps, and history of your destination.

[@wyomingjeepers]

Glad you enjoyed the video. The drone does help the video! The maps are fun too. Thanks!

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

Stay tuned, Wyoming Jeeper Elgin Cook is creating a Wyoming Jeepers Map Book. We hope to have it out by this summer. Fingers crossed. Thanks for watching. We appreciate your comment.

[@gregjones2217]

What a delightful trip. Your right, I haven't been on that road, but this summer I'm going. The new side by side is here and I'm putting the final touches on. I've hunted fossils on Hunt mountain but not where you went. Thanks again. I've probably got ten people watching your channel.

[@wyomingjeepers]

It is an awesome road... Glad your side by side is going to be ready for the summer. It is the perfect road for it. Thanks for getting those 10 watching the channel and we are glad you enjoyed the video! :-)

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

You ROCK, Greg! Thank you for all your support! We appreciate it. This was quite the road, no doubt. I hope you have fun. Zoom in on the map to see where we went. 🙂

[@jerrystephensen9486]

As always awesome video guys love it ❤

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

Thanks, Jerry! You are always too kind to us.

[@wyomingjeepers]

Glad you loved the video Jerry! Thanks!

[@EricksonEtc]

Beautiful country up there. You should post your tracks / map files for those who'd like to do that trail.

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

We have quite an interest in our tracks so we put maps in our shows. If you stop the show and zoom in, you should be able to see where we went. Elgin and I are creating an affordable book of maps and information about the first 30 episodes to give fans the ability to follow our tracks down the two-tracks! Look for the book sometime in the winter. Thank you for your interest and comment.

[@claytonallemanallthingsfin5325]

@@AuthorMelissaCookdid you ever come out with it? Definitely interested!

[@haroldwilkerson2026]

Have you done the route from Hyattsville up to Medicine Lodge Lakes it's a nice little Trail up through there

[@wyomingjeepers]

Yes. It was our very first video called Snowbound. We did it in December. We have another video of the same trip going in reverse and in the summer that will be coming out soon. We have this trail in our new trail guide book called the Paint Rock Loop.

[@melissacook]

Yes, we like to go up to the Paintrocks from Hyattville. Have you seen the petroglyphs over there? So cool.

[@sdw2is]

Would love to see you do a video on how to go from Meetesee to Dubois/Dunoir off and dirt road. Also Union Pass.

[@wyomingjeepers]

Would love nothing more than to do Meeteetse to Dubois... Problem is there are no roads. Kirwin is as far as you can go. Going around the mountain, you have to go through the Wind River Indian Reservation. The Union Pass area does look like fun. We will have to consider it. Thanks!

[@melissacook]

Some day, we will film beyond the Bighorn Basin but for now, we have an old dog and need to be able to do the trips in a day. :-)

[@davidk6668]

What is the most scenic route in the Big Horn Mountains that a beginning Jeeper could enjoy?

[@wyomingjeepers]

For a beginner that is looking for a very scenic drive, there are a lot of options… I would suggest going to the Shell Creek Ranger Station and take road 17 over Snowshoe Pass and on to Crooked Creek Hill. Go to the bottom of the hill and there is a fork in the road. Take the left road #271 to Shell Reservoir visit and go on another mile to Adelaide Lake on the same road, #271. There is one climb here you will want to use 4WD but nothing dangerous. For a beginner, I would turn around and go back out to the bottom of Cooked Creek Hill and get back on road 17 going south to the Medicine Lodge lake and Paintrock Lakes. Drive clear to the end of the main road (17 to the Lower Paintrock Lake). Then come back to the Medicine Lodge Lake and get on road 344. Follow this for 4.3 miles and there is a fantastic view over Trout creek. Stay on 344 and take it down the mountain. (This road is also called the Cold Spring Road). A few miles before you get to Hyattville, you can turn off to see Medicine Lodge Campground. Go through the campground and you can see some pictographs which are very cool. Look at a forest service map… Here is a free version showing this area. caltopo.com/map.html#ll=44.50419,-107.43947&z=14&b=f16a

[@davidk6668]

@@wyomingjeepers Thank you!

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

I enjoy the Shell Campground to Paintrocks Campground drive. It takes just over an hour in a car, though an SUV or 4x4 would be smoother to drive on this road. You Jeep would handle it no sweat and it is a nice country type drive. We plan to put out a book later this year or in the winter of 2024 that will include maps to our favorite places to help answer many questions we receive such as yours. :-) Thanks for watching.

[@dannieman4270]

Can you share where this trail is thanks

[@MelissaCook1]

Elgin is working in a Wyoming Jeepers map book that we hope to have out this summer. He can respond to where this is but I thought I’d let you know that book is coming. ❤

[@wyomingjeepers]

This trail is near Beaver Creek which is close to Shell, WY. It also goes to the Hunt Mountain Road on top of the bighorns. It also takes another couple of FS roads before coming out near Owen Campground. Detailed directions will be coming out in a book hopefully later this spring.

[@Jasonrcsd]

cool video! Is Beaver Creek road public or do you need permission?

[@wyomingjeepers]

Thanks! Everything you saw us drive in this video is on public roads... :-)

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

We try to stay on public roads and if we cross private land, we let you know. So far, I think we only have one show with private land and that is Wyoming's Wild Beauty and the Bischoff family in Lovell has been kind enough to our fans to allow them access. No promises but you can always ask. Thanks for following us on KZbin.

[@wyomingjeepers]

One other point... Most of these Forest Service roads have a date that they open the roads... I know this one has a gate and it only opens after a certain date in the spring but I don't recall the date... Late July, you should be good or you can contact them.

[@delorisberry830]

I had a message on my iPad 🎉sc reen saying Melissa Cook sent a message and I cannot find it🎉

[@melissacook]

It is probably in the application called Messenger.

[@dalestraight3684]

Where is your home based business? City or county area

[@AuthorMelissaCook]

We are from Wyoming. We don't have a business; we create these videos for fun, for visitors to our area, and for our neighbors who want to relieve where they've been years ago or to give them ideas of where to go. Thanks for watching!

[@SeanBallou-fv6ro]

How do you find the map of that route?

[@wyomingjeepers]

We have a book coming out shortly with maps to the trails we have posted on KZbin.