With the melting snow comes the much anticipated mountain road openings. We couldn’t wait to take advantage of the nice day and take a drive up to Muddy Mountain. It definitely didn’t disappoint. You see a lot of red dirt on the way over to Muddy Mountain. When you mix that with all the greenery, it’s eye candy! It wasn’t very muddy the day we decided to visit (thank goodness.) However, there were still a few snow drifts that were trying to hold on to winter.
Muddy Mountain has an elevation of 8,300 feet above sea level and is situated on the south side of Casper Mountain. There are two campgrounds, Lodge pole and Rim, which combine for a total of 22 campsites. If you plan on camping overnight, the fee is only five dollars, and the views are spectacular. We didn’t see any wildlife this day, unless you count the bees. (Definitely NOT my favorite animal (insect). Sorry to all the bee lovers out there.)
Hope you enjoy the photo gallery!
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Amazing pictures. I just spent the week in Casper…beautiful.
Thanks, Holly. I hope you enjoyed your visit!
Its a really amazing blog! I am going to share this site with my friend 🙂
Spectacular photo gallery, Kristina!
Thank you very much!
Wow. How lucky are you living with all that on your doorstep.
How beautiful! You’ve taken some lovely shots! I love mountains so much, and live so far from any. Our plan is to head to the Canadian Rockies this summer camping – I hope – I would love to get some great photos if I can! I find them so restful, so thought-provoking, so worshipful.
I bet the Canadian Rockies are magnificent! I would like to see them some day.
Spectacular scenery. You’ve certainly aroused my interest in Wyoming-some magnificent natural attractions there.
I still am finding new natural places to see. The best part is there aren’t a lot of people here to spoil the tranquility.
the ride up across coal mountain road to the Muddy Mountain EEA area was beautiful, be sure the roads are dry otherwise things get a bit slippery. I need to find some pictures to add to the gallery from our Memorial Day drive
great day on the trails tom and trish