The peak has an elevation of 7,305 feet (2,227 m), and is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of the Muddy Gap junction between Casper and Rawlins.

[1] Fifty million years ago the Sweetwater River Valley and the Granite Range began to form.

By pack train, wagon or handcart traveled the nineteenth century emigrant, seeking as direct a route as possible through the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.

The Sweetwater segment begins near the Alcova Reservoir, leaving the valley of the North Platte River.

Before 1812, portions of the trail were used by High Plains American Indians following migratory herds of buffalo or other game animals.