Here you can climb Gannett Peak, at 13,804 feet the highest point in Wyoming. Here you will find what seems to be unlimited mountaineering challenges. The western border is the Continental Divide, shared with the Bridger Wilderness, and the eastern border is shared with the Wind River Indian Reservation. Over 75 miles of streams offer excellent trout fishing. Fall brings many big game hunters.
Snow is possible any day of the year.
Many miles of trails provide access. One of the main access routes enters the Wilderness from Trail Lake. For a hardy backpacking or horsepacking trip this is wild Wyoming at its best. I camped once after an arduous scramble beside a hidden lake in the Fitzpatrick surrounded by bold rock faces and thinking assuredly no human had ever set foot here before. I was undoubtedly wrong, but it was a magnificent thought.