“Ranch manager Cal Hancock tells me it has been colder that this already this winter. He takes it in stride since the cattle need to be fed no matter what the weather conditions. Temperatures can swing from one extreme to another here. Cal remembers one March day several years ago when the temperature went from a minus thirty degrees to sixty above within eight hours. Today’s traveler has to be prudent about venturing out into Wyoming winters. The Read More …
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Circle Bar Ranch – WY. Great Ranches of the West
“It’s cold. I mean really cold, the kind of temperature where my nose hairs freeze as soon as I step outdoors. It’s minus twenty degrees this morning on the Circle Bar Ranch. I am thankful that it’s a perfectly calm day, one of the few days of the year when the wind isn’t blowing here in Wyoming. I have done a fair amount of winter camping, so I know how to dress for this kind of cold, but Read More …