From our new headquarters in Grand Teton National Park, we traveled to Cincinnati, Chicago and Louisville to gather our third group of students. This year though we traveled from Cincinnati and back with a larger group of twenty-four students and two additional leaders, Mike Englert and Bonnie Croskey. This year's trip featured backpacking in two new permitted wilderness areas, the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon and the Beartooth Wilderness in Montana.
Our 1975 catalog cover featured our first summit ascent of Mt. Rainier and as you can see, our name was officially changed to Wilderness Ventures.
Our third WV group following our Deschutes River trip in front
of an actual Conestoga wagon which was crossing the Oregon
Oregon Trail for the second time as part of a 150-year celebration
of that historic event.
The WV headquarters cabin at the White Grass Ranch before
the first snowfall in 1975.
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WV was based at the White Grass Ranch in Grand Teton
National Park in 1975-1976
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The White Grass Ranch and the Teton Range
Almost buried in snow in late December 1975
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Helen leaving WV headquarters for an afternoon ski tour.
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The WV van buried under seven feet of snow
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