Pole Mountain

Smoke on the horizon? Here's why.

The Forest Service has opened Forest Road 700, or Vedauwoo Road on Pole Mountain in Medicine Bow National Forest for motorized travel and designated dispersed camping in time for the holiday weekend.

According to the Sheriff’s Department, Brice Page, 27, fatally shot Matthew Butrick in what the Sheriff’s Department is investigating as a case of self-defense. Both men are from Laramie County.

The Little America Hotel and Resort is a favorite for visitors, but not the kind that need to be tranquilized and relocated, like a yearling bull moose.

The agency says the condition of native vegetation for wildlife and livestock on Pole Mountain is in decline.

Recent wet conditions have forced the U.S. Forest Service to temporarily close all roads on the Pole Mountain unit of the Medicine Bow National Forest. The Forest Service says in a press release that wheeled motor vehicles are prohibited while the closure in effect...

Anglers in the Pole Mountain area between Cheyenne and Laramie, have a new species of trout to fish for. Wyoming Game and Fish is stocking 10 ponds with more than 1,100 Golden Trout in South Eastern Wyoming. All ponds are readily accessible by road...