{"id":2872,"date":"2013-06-27T15:03:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T21:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2013-07-29T12:41:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T18:41:32","slug":"w7yew6-jelm-mountain-2943-9656-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/sota-trip-report\/w7yew6-jelm-mountain-2943-9656-ft\/","title":{"rendered":"W7Y\/EW-\u00d8\u00d86 (Jelm Mountain) – 2943 m \/ 9656 ft"},"content":{"rendered":"

I felt like it was time to explore the association just north of me, W7Y or Wyoming. The closest mountains are just ~60 mi \/ 100 km from my home QTH (as the crow flies) and are in the SE region of the association. To ‘justify’ the ~300 mi \/ 480 km drive I was planning to activate at least two summits. Jelm Mountain (W7Y\/EW-006<\/a>) and Ring Mountain (W7Y\/EW-020<\/a>) seemed to fit the bill perfectly. The two summits are just three miles apart and reaching Ring Mountain is about a two mile extension coming back down from Jelm Mtn. (see picture below) – so much for the plan.<\/p>\n

\"Jelm<\/a>

Green = route to Jelm Mtn.
Blue = planned route to Ring Mtn.
Red = actual route to Ring Mtn.<\/p><\/div>\n

During my research for the hike to Jelm Mtn. I discovered two notable facts:<\/p>\n

1) The summits hosts the WIRO, the Wyoming Infrared Observatory<\/em> and therefore a dirt road connects WY10<\/a> with the summit.
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2) The yearly organized Jelm Mountain Run<\/em><\/a> is following the same road. The course\u00a0 record is held by Nik Deininger who finished the 10+ mile course in 1:10:30 in 2012. The challenge was on… could I beat his record?\u00a0 ;)<\/p>\n

I was not seriously planning to break Nik’s record but I was hoping to get a tour of the observatory.<\/p>\n

Trailhead:\u00a0 7622 ft\/ 2323 m
\nSummit:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9656 ft \/ 2943 m
\nElev. gain:\u00a0 2627 ft \/ 801 m
\nRoundtrip: 10.5\u00a0 mi \/ 16.9 km<\/p>\n

Compare this summit with my other activated summits<\/a><\/p>\n

How to get there:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Turn<\/a>

Turn left onto Jelm Mountain Road<\/p><\/div>\n

Jelm Mountain (incl. the dome of the observatory) is visible for miles and miles (even before reaching Laramie) and it is straight forward to get to. From Laramie WY, take WY-230 W for about 26 miles.<\/p>\n

Take a left onto WY-10 S for another three miles.
\nYou will see the sign for the WIRO on your left (see picture on the right) with a maintenance building from the county with ample space to park your car… You can’t miss it.
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Parking\/Trailhead
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