Pinedale, Wyoming is a gem of a town in a location as stunning as any mountain town in the West.
That's enough to make it a favorite of mine, but the topper is that it doesn't have the kind of crowds drawn to the National Parks and ski slopes near Jackson Hole.
For a Max Tracks trip in October, I started looking for places south of the Wasatch, to be warm enough to have adventures, and then I realized something odd. That weekend, southern Utah was going to be pummeled by a cold rain, and Pinedale was going to be partly cloudy and warm.
It doesn't take much to sell me on a trip to the town.
Another benefit: my son Luke also loves Pinedale, so he was excited to tag along, and the area is a great place for a Labrador Retriever, which let us test out a brand new technology:
CHACO CAM!
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