YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
Ace.....thanks.....
Broshaker.....sure thing.....
Eventually we turned off that gravel road and headed up into the mountains on a forest service road that maybe I shouldn't have taken my rig on....it was rough. But we made it to the end of the road and we set up our camp at the trailhead where we found peace and quiet.....solitude.....in the Gallatin National Forest.....
The following morning we were up really early as I was anxious to get onto the trail. I had my mandatory mugs of hot black coffee and a huge breakfast before hitting the trail.....it would be a long & arduous day. Initially it looked to be an ATV trail but that didn't last much more than a mile.....
After crossing a creek on a wooden bridge we turned off this trail and headed up a much steeper foot trail.....
.....that eventually led us to an expansive wide open area. Ahead of us was the mountain range that we'd have to cross to get to the prize.....
We began the ascent and here we saw the first signs of the mountain goats that I'd hoped to see.....
But the sighting of the mountain goats was not the real prize to be seen here.....the real prize here was Campfire Lake.....that's what we really wanted to see.....
When we finally crossed over that mountain range and first set eyes on that lake.....well, I was overwhelmed with the beauty that I saw before my eyes.....
Signs of mountain goats were everywhere on top of that mountain yet we didn't see a single goat. We descended the mountain and made our way to the shoreline of the lake.....
It was absolutely sensational and Tanner wasted no time jumping into that ice cold lake water.....
Broshaker.....sure thing.....
Eventually we turned off that gravel road and headed up into the mountains on a forest service road that maybe I shouldn't have taken my rig on....it was rough. But we made it to the end of the road and we set up our camp at the trailhead where we found peace and quiet.....solitude.....in the Gallatin National Forest.....
The following morning we were up really early as I was anxious to get onto the trail. I had my mandatory mugs of hot black coffee and a huge breakfast before hitting the trail.....it would be a long & arduous day. Initially it looked to be an ATV trail but that didn't last much more than a mile.....
After crossing a creek on a wooden bridge we turned off this trail and headed up a much steeper foot trail.....
.....that eventually led us to an expansive wide open area. Ahead of us was the mountain range that we'd have to cross to get to the prize.....
We began the ascent and here we saw the first signs of the mountain goats that I'd hoped to see.....
But the sighting of the mountain goats was not the real prize to be seen here.....the real prize here was Campfire Lake.....that's what we really wanted to see.....
When we finally crossed over that mountain range and first set eyes on that lake.....well, I was overwhelmed with the beauty that I saw before my eyes.....
Signs of mountain goats were everywhere on top of that mountain yet we didn't see a single goat. We descended the mountain and made our way to the shoreline of the lake.....
It was absolutely sensational and Tanner wasted no time jumping into that ice cold lake water.....
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