Big Horn National Forest

Shell Canyon, Big Horn National Forest

Shot from near the Shell Canyon Visitor's Center, east of Greybull, Wyoming.

Big Horn National Forest

We stopped at Dirty Annie's to dig for fossils

This is the last ledge on Shell Falls taken from above.

Shell Canyon, Big Horn National Forest

Shell Canyon, Big Horn National Forest

Shell Falls overlook

Shell Canyon, Big Horn National Forest

Shell Falls river

Big Horn National Forest

Dirty Annie's and the fossil patch are for sale

"Beef Trail" historic marker. Marker inscription. "The hillside below the cliffs is managed as a wildlife winter range. Elk and deer in the Big Horn Mountains live at high elevations during the summer, but move down to the lower areas during the winter. The Forest Service helps maintain this winter range by supervising use of domestic sheep and cattle, and by conducting periodic prescribed fires to encourage the growth of essential forage plants.

Look on the hillside for the thin line of the “Beef Trail”, a livestock drive trail. This has been used for many years by domestic cattle and sheep traveling from their winter range in Shell Valley to the summer pastures high in the Bighorn National Forest

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naturalatlas.com/observation-points/beef-trail-1897820

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=88173

There were beautiful clematis vines growing in front of Dirty Annie's

Creek winding through Shell Canyon, just below Shell Falls, Northern Wyoming

Shell Canyon

Shell Canyon, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Shell Canyon

- www.kevin-palmer.com - I spent the afternoon exploring this valley that begins in Shell Canyon.

- www.kevin-palmer.com - The cliffs of Copmans Tomb are seen above a forest that burned in 2007.

Shell Canyon, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Nothing like striking a pose. This was my first trip back to the Bighorns in 17 years and if I dont feel as proud as I look. This is looking down the Shell Canyon at a turn-off on the way up the mtn.

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SHELL CANYON

US 14 / Bighorn Scenic Byway

Bighorn National Forest

Shell

Wyoming

WY

Shell Canyon

Taken in Wyoming in 2013

Wyoming - Travelling along US-14 – Bighorn National Forest - scenic view 'Shell Creek'.