Thanks for the comments Fred. We are prepared that this Wigwam connector may not happen this year but with enthusiasm like you share, perhaps we'll have the guts to go for a little bushwhack in June. Certainly, any activity in there on TD's part would only be with Aaron's blessing. The key is to try and go with "what ACA would want long-term for their intermediate-level off-road touring route". For now they are inclined to have cyclists exit via the Wigwam flats because they know little of the Upper Wigwam-to-Galton Pass (Rabbit-Phillips FSR) exit. They are in favor of dirt over pavement, though, so I believe we can prove to them of this connector is preferable to the paved hwy 93 doldrums from Elko-Roosville. Amen on respecting apex species and chin-chin on zero population. We hope it stays that way until it becomes a class A park. Either final leg TD decides upon for June, we are super stoked to see this fantastic valley.
Fernie Fred