Eagle Cap Wilderness (recent pics added)

[theleo]

So pictures from this weekend.

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[theleo]

Couple more.

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[cbond3318]

man that looks refreshing!!!

[theleo]

man that looks refreshing!!!

That'd be one way to put it. Got rained on both days and had enough trees to cut I was soaked from sweat as well. It's a lonely and beautiful area though.

[2MANY]

Looks fun as hell!!
Gotta love lonely.

I don't go to see trekking poles and dreadlocks.

Did you have someone for the other side of that saw?

[Mark Brenckle]

  never get tired of looking at mule pics.
  *edit to add: the scenery is awesome, too!

[Bob33]

That's awesome. Thanks for posting the pictures.

[renrutbocaj]

Those of you with experience in the Caps, my brother drew a Muzzy Elk tag for this year and I will be going along with him in October with my pack goats. Is there any recommendations of non-horse trails to look into? Is it even worth worrying about the horse hunters during the muzzle loading season?

Thanks for any advice in advance. I have horses and love to ride and pack, but my wife and I are trying this pack goat adventure out and it has been great so far. Much cheaper and much more versatile.

[spin05]

Haven't been this year but please post photos.  I always loved the Eagle Caps.

There's some Wallowas photos in the mix.

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Im pretty sure this is where i went on a drop camp bout 10 years ago

[Skyvalhunter]

Looks like it

[Birdgetter]

Beautiful scenery!

[renrutbocaj]

Seems my question that re-surfaced this thread was burried.

Those of you with experience in the Caps, my brother drew a Muzzy Elk tag for this year and I will be going along with him in October with my pack goats. Is there any recommendations of non-horse trails to look into? Is it even worth worrying about the horse hunters during the muzzle loading season?

Thanks for any advice in advance. I have horses and love to ride and pack, but my wife and I are trying this pack goat adventure out and it has been great so far. Much cheaper and much more versatile.

[theleo]

Seems my question that re-surfaced this thread was burried.

Those of you with experience in the Caps, my brother drew a Muzzy Elk tag for this year and I will be going along with him in October with my pack goats. Is there any recommendations of non-horse trails to look into? Is it even worth worrying about the horse hunters during the muzzle loading season?

Thanks for any advice in advance. I have horses and love to ride and pack, but my wife and I are trying this pack goat adventure out and it has been great so far. Much cheaper and much more versatile.

There's no such thing as a "non-horse" trail for that hunt, all the trails are open to legal forms of transportation in a Wilderness area. I don't know what to tell you in regards to pressure but I'm sure a decent number of those tags will be either guided or drop camp hunters. There's plenty of ruff stuff in there but if comes down to weather elk won't hold in the upper end for to very long. Speaking of weather, be sure to have a set of changes since most of those trail heads can be a little sketchy coming down from once the snow starts sticking.

[theleo]

Haven't been this year but please post photos.  I always loved the Eagle Caps.

There's some Wallowas photos in the mix.

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Im pretty sure this is where i went on a drop camp bout 10 years ago

You'd have to be more descriptive on where you drop camp was. Those photos cover 3 drainage's, Little Minam, Catherine Creek, and the Imnaha.

[vandeman17]

month from now I will be in the caps for about 10 days. Pretty stoked