27px, we want 27. Please register or login . Along part of the river's canyon lies Wyoming's smallest Wilderness, approximately 16 square miles, a strip less than one mile wide in the southern portion that widens to about five miles near the northern boundary.
Sagebrush grows on the open slopes, and dense riparian vegetation down in the canyon.
This narrow rugged river canyon is followed by the main attraction to the Wilderness, the Encampment River Trail, relatively easy in its lower five miles and increasingly difficult in the remaining ten upper miles. The trail receives moderate human use. You'll see the ruins of old cabins and mining operations along the trail. The river itself runs wildly over rocks, braved by a few expert kayakers. Central southern Wyoming.