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1981 Map of Lizard Head Peak

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Lizard Head Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Lizard Head Peak stands as the central landmark of this high-altitude landscape where the Fremont Co Sublette Co line traverses the continental divide. In the early 1980s, this area of the Wind River Range shows a complex glacial geography, anchored by the Washakie Glacier and surrounded by a dense network of alpine water bodies such as Washakie Lake, Grave Lake, and the South Fork Lakes. The northern reaches of the map include the Wind River Indian Reservation Boundary, marking the edge of the Shoshone National Forest.

Climbers and wilderness historians will find detailed mapping of the Cirque of the Towers, including Pingora Peak, War Bonnet Peak, and Wolfs Head. The high passes, like Texas Pass and Jackass Pass, provide the primary navigation routes between drainages such as the Wind River and the North Fork Agie River. Long-established backcountry routes including the Bears Ears Trail and Lizard Head Trail connect the granite summits with lower riparian zones like Lizard Head Meadows.