Bear Tracts in the morning

Imagine yourself, coffee cup in hand, sitting on your new front porch watching the sun come up with these views! As the morning comes alive on Bear Mountain, you’ll want to watch for eagles in flight as their nests dot the canyon wall. Or listen for the gobble of wild turkeys as they traverse the draws. During the fall and winter seasons, you will witness thousands of geese in flight as Bear Tracts is on the central migratory fly zone. Perhaps you will want to take an early morning walk through the draws and into the canyons. On an ambitious morning, hike to the top of Bear Mountain and savor the view of Hawk Springs Reservoir off to the northeast or 66 Mountain to the east. Imagine that the year is 1889 and you are looking down on 15,000 to 20,000 Texas Long Horns as cowboys herd them to water. They will be heading for natural springs at what is now Hawk Springs Reservoir. Cowboys and horses will rest a few days in LaGrange, one of Wyoming’s oldest towns. You can see this early western town from the top of Bear Mountain too. Perhaps you have scared up a deer or two during your morning walk. They come to feed on the sagebrush that dots the landscape.

Of course if you are a horseback rider, you may have saddled up to share the peace and solitude with your favorite mount. This is, after all, horse country! Riding on and around Bear Tracts will provide you with varied riding terrain- canyons, draws, meadows, and mountain bluffs. Either way, relaxing with a cup of coffee or riding your favorite mount, when you start your day on Bear Tracts life is good!