Cloud Peak Wilderness

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Cloud Peak Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location	Wyoming, USA
Nearest city	Sheridan, WY
Coordinates	44°24′″N 107°08′″W / <span class="geo-dec geo" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for Expression error: Unexpected / operator Expression error: Unexpected / operator">Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Area	189,039 acres (765 km²)
Established	1984
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

The Cloud Peak Wilderness is located in north central Wyoming in the United States. Entirely within Bighorn National Forest, the wilderness was established in 1984 in an effort to preserve the wildest section of the Bighorn Mountains. The wilderness has the highest peaks in the Bighorn Mountains including Cloud Peak and Black Tooth Mountain, as well as Cloud Peak Glacier, the only remaining active glacier in the Bighorn Mountains.

U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, including bicycles. Although camping and fishing are allowed with proper permit, no roads or buildings are constructed and there is also no logging or mining, in compliance with the 1964 Wilderness Act. Wilderness areas within National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas also allow hunting in season.

[edit] See also

• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas

[edit] External links

• Cloud Peak Wilderness. The National Wilderness Preservation System. Wilderness.net. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
• USGS Cloud Peak (WY) Topo Map Quad. Topozone. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
• Wilderness Legislation: The Wilderness Act of 1964. The National Wilderness Preservation System. Wilderness.net. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.