{"id":3029,"date":"2013-06-27T20:01:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T02:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2021-04-17T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T20:50:21","slug":"w7yew20-ring-mountain-2688-8818-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/sota-trip-report\/w7yew20-ring-mountain-2688-8818-ft\/","title":{"rendered":"W7Y\/EW-\u00d820 (Ring Mountain) – 2688 m \/ 8818 ft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ring Mountain (W7Y\/EW-020<\/a>), the second activation of the day, presented some obstacles… my planned route coming from Jelm Mountain (see picture below) was blocked by a closed gate with a NO TRESPASSING sign. There is a separate trip report<\/a> for Jelm Mtn. if you are interested.<\/p>\n

\"Jelm<\/a>

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

To find public access, I continued to drive south on Wy10. The only possible access I could find was a small two-track, not even a dirt road… I almost missed it and had to back up to turn east.<\/p>\n

\"Access<\/a>

Access to Ring Mtn.<\/p><\/div>\n

Being hot, tired and thirsty from my prior 10+ mile hike up Jelm Mopuntain, I decided to drive my old Subaru as far up the hill as I could. It was an adventure for the old Subi<\/em>, some of the ruts were deeper than the ground clearance of my Subi<\/em> and I had to make sure not to get stuck up here… who knows when the next car would come by… towing would become expensive.<\/p>\n

\"Gate\"<\/a>

US Forest Service Gate<\/p><\/div>\n

I managed to reach a gate with the car hitting the ground only once. I was sure hoping not to encounter another NO TRESPASSING sign. Luckily it was a US Forest Service gate, just 0.5 miles from WY10. I passed the barbed wire fence\/gate in no time and continued to follow the two-track up the hill.
\nFinally the track disappeared completely and it became too steep to continue by car. I left the vehicle, declared this point as the trail-head and continued my climb by foot.<\/p>\n

Trailhead:\u00a0 8288 ft \/ 2526 m
\nSummit:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8818 ft \/ 2688 m
\nElev. gain:\u00a0 519 ft \/ 158 m
\nRoundtrip: 0.8\u00a0 mi \/ 1.2 km<\/p>\n

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

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

From Laramie WY, take WY-230 W for about 26 miles. Take a left onto WY-10 S for another five miles. The exact coordinates for the two-track:<\/p>\n

Latitude: \u00a041\u00b0 2'32.49\"N \nLongitude: 106\u00b0 0'3.75\"W<\/pre>\n
Parking\/Trailhead
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