Forbes/Sheep Mountain

Additional Information: Travel 22 miles west of Laramie on Wyoming Highway 130 and then nine miles south on the Fox Creek Road. The 950-acre area is at the western end of Sheep Mountain and is an important winter-feeding site for about 500 deer and 300 elk. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission purchases this land to provide improved public access to the 20,000 acres of wild lands administered by the U.S. Forest Service on Sheep Mountain. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission leases an additional 628 acres of OSLI lands to make the total acreage 1578. You will find more than deer and elk in this rough, rocky terrain. Mountain lions, bobcats and coyotes roam here. Clark's nutcrackers, hairy woodpeckers, turkey vultures, pine siskins, and goshawks are just a few of the bird species present. Land owned by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and the U.S. Forest Service on Sheep Mountain provides excellent opportunities for hiking, viewing wildlife, and hunting. There is a foot trail to the top of Sheep Mountain, an improvement over alternate routes within the habitat area. While closed during the winter months to avoid disturbance to wintering wildlife, the area is open the remainder of the year for whatever recreational opportunity you choose. Facilities are also available in the form of parking and primitive camping areas. There is one parking and camping site. The site contains an outdoor restroom facility with no running water.