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1970 Map of Hardluck Mountain

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Hardluck Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The South Fork Shoshone River carves through high-elevation terrain in this 1970 survey of the Absaroka Range, marking a landscape defined by the Shoshone National Forest and the Washakie Wilderness. The topography is dominated by massive features like Hardluck Mountain and Ash Mountain to the north, while the southern portion of the map is occupied by the expansive Shoshone Plateau.

Access to this remote region is limited to historic pack routes, including the South Fork Trail (Pack) and the Cougar Pass Trail (Pack) which crosses near Cougar Pass at the Park and Fremont County border. The drainage system is intricate, with Robinson Creek, East Fork Creek, and Younts Creek feeding the primary river valley. This map captures the area before modern developments, showing the primitive trail network used by backcountry travelers and forest rangers during the early 1970s.