Bighorn Peak is a prominent peak in the Bighorn Mountains in northern Wyoming. It is located in the Cloud Peak Wilderness which requires a self-issue permit for day use. It is sometimes mistaken for the more popular Cloud Peak, being easier to see from Highway 16 and from the town of Buffalo. It's elevation is 12,324'.

This route is one of the best linkups that you can come up with in Colorado for Centennial (Colorado’s highest hundred) peaks.  The San Juan range is Colorado’s most remote mountain range, and the Weminuche Wilderness is possibly the most remote part of the entire state.  In Nolans style, this route allows you to choose the most efficient route possible that links up the Centennial peaks in the Weminuche Wilderness.

As described in Gerry Roach's Colorado Fourtneer's book, this route begins at the first switchback toward the top of Mt evans, which lies in the saddle between mt Evans and Epaulet Mountain. It descends into the basin below and gains Mt Bierstadt's east ridge. It follows this ridge to the summit of Mt Bierstadt and then follows the sawtooth ridge between Mt Evans and Mt Bierstadt. Summit Mt Evans and then back to the car. This route contains all of the fun ridge scrambling with none of the boring, long approaches to these two, generally easy, Colorado 14ers.