YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
Ace.....that sucks.....it's been one real hot, dry summer here.....I've never seen it this bad before.....others I know that have lived here for decades say the same.....
After a couple of weeks of hanging out at the cabin, well, we were ready to go again. I almost felt like I had unfinished business in the mountains.....along the Beartooth Scenic Byway.....so we returned.....to tackle yet another mountain or two.....
Big thunderstorms with high winds met us near Red Lodge, Montana.....
Once the thunderstorms passed over, we were met with near perfect weather for the entire trip. We spent the first night once again in a gravel lot under the red rock cliffs along the Beartooth Scenic Byway.....just south of Red Lodge, Montana.....
The following morning we were up bright and early.....like 4 a.m. as we had huge (for me) plans for the day.....
We drove the Jeep.....south.....along the Beartooth Scenic Byway.....
.....until we connected with a Forest Service road. Still in Montana at this point.....we drove west on various Forest Service roads.....driving into Wyoming, and then circling back into Montana.....until we finally came to the end of road at the Glacier Lake Trailhead.....
The first mile or two of trail was as good as trails can get.....
And the scenery.....looking down at Rock Creek and the surrounding mountains were just spectacular.....
Eventually we reached a wooden bridge that crossed the creek.....an important landmark in our quest to summit another peak.....
I think it was because the hiking was so easy on the Glacier Lake Trail that I forgot that we needed to depart the trail at this point.....and so it was that we continued on the Glacier Lake Trail, going in the wrong direction for a good 30 minutes, and then having to backtrack to that same wooden bridge.....
After a couple of weeks of hanging out at the cabin, well, we were ready to go again. I almost felt like I had unfinished business in the mountains.....along the Beartooth Scenic Byway.....so we returned.....to tackle yet another mountain or two.....
Big thunderstorms with high winds met us near Red Lodge, Montana.....
Once the thunderstorms passed over, we were met with near perfect weather for the entire trip. We spent the first night once again in a gravel lot under the red rock cliffs along the Beartooth Scenic Byway.....just south of Red Lodge, Montana.....
The following morning we were up bright and early.....like 4 a.m. as we had huge (for me) plans for the day.....
We drove the Jeep.....south.....along the Beartooth Scenic Byway.....
.....until we connected with a Forest Service road. Still in Montana at this point.....we drove west on various Forest Service roads.....driving into Wyoming, and then circling back into Montana.....until we finally came to the end of road at the Glacier Lake Trailhead.....
The first mile or two of trail was as good as trails can get.....
And the scenery.....looking down at Rock Creek and the surrounding mountains were just spectacular.....
Eventually we reached a wooden bridge that crossed the creek.....an important landmark in our quest to summit another peak.....
I think it was because the hiking was so easy on the Glacier Lake Trail that I forgot that we needed to depart the trail at this point.....and so it was that we continued on the Glacier Lake Trail, going in the wrong direction for a good 30 minutes, and then having to backtrack to that same wooden bridge.....