Fremont Canyon  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  5,500' Lat, Long:  42.4648, -106.828 Map Page Views:  92,650. Good page? (1 like)    Administrator:  Tom Erickson Submitted By:  richard magill on May 21, 2006 Make this area a Favorite What's New  Printer View Add Area  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue 73° | 43° 79° | 50° 73° | 48° 70° | 46° 70° | 50°

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Description 

Awesome granite canyon in the middle of the state!

Fremont is best known as a trad area, but there are a good number of sport routes here as well. All told, the canyon has several hundred routes, sport and trad.

The area is secluded and remote, but is actually fairly easy to get to by Wyoming standards - all paved roads will get you to the place.

The canyon is a deep cleft cut by the North Platte River, and many routes require you to rappel off the rim to get to the base of the climb. The routes often start on a ledge or hanging belay just above the river. There are also a fair number of scrambly hikes into the bottom of the canyon to get to the base.

The canyon proper is typically 200 to 500 feet deep, so there are many multipitch routes.

There are also a pretty fair number of odd side canyons and outcroppings offering shorter routes.

Getting There 

From Casper,take Hwy 220 southwest about 30 miles to the Alcova exit. Exit left (south)and go about 7 miles to a fork in the road. Bear right at the fork. In three more miles you get to the bridge over the canyon and a viewpoint/picnic area.

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Dillingham Blues 5.10+  WY : Fremont Canyon : The Bridge

This is probably the route you came to Fremont for. Pull over a small but insecure roof to an outrageous handcrack with superb position. Unrelenting hands to to thin hands. Rap 85 ft from the bridge to anchors below. The crack just to the right of Dillingham is All Time Loser....[more]   Browse More Classics in WY

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An unknown climber follows 'Zeros and Heros' in th...	Taping up for some sweet cracks... Photo by: Frost...	Looking up canyon, the West Canyon area. Photo by:...
The Bridge area. Photo by: Frosty Weller	down river	When the water is high in the canyon... Great Shen...
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