Glacier National Park and Yellowstone

Coming soon.

Exploring the Northern Bighorn Mountians Part 2

Headed back up into the Bighorn Mountains on the 4th of July to visit two waterfalls in the area: Bucking Mule and Porcupine. Also, to make another attempt to find the site of Bald Mountain City.

 

 

On the trail - the trail for the most part stays with the trees.

 

 

Bucking Mule Falls: The falls overlook - this is the close as you can get that I know of.

View Towards the West.

 Porcupine Falls

 

 

My understanding is that gold miners cut this portion of the falls in to help with their operation.

Found the site of Bald Mountain City, apparently I didn't drive down the spur road far enough on my first trip.

The hike to Bucking Mules is 2.5 miles one way and is a pretty mellow trail and is mostly dirt with few rocks till the end of the trail. There is one bridge crossing. Porcupine I want to say in .5 miles one way down hill. The first section has a series of switchbacks and is mostly dirt. A third of the way you come to set of wooden stairs/erosion control measures (whatever you want to call it) the final third is rocky but not bad.

Exploring the Northern Bighorn Mountains Part 1

Felt the itch this weekend to get out and do some exploring in the Northern Bighorn Mountains and attempt to do some fishing.

Fishing attempt and Sibley Lake and some random pond, in which I caught I caught jack squat and learned my reel is screwed up.

Trails: FS 167, Freeze Out Point, Riley/Dry Fork Ridge, Skull Ridge and an attempt to find the remains of Bald Mountain City.

Sibley Lake

 

View of Twin Buttes from FS Rd 15.

Out on FS Rd 167.

One of the rare times I've come across Moose's on the trail.

Water Crossing before rejoining FS Rd 168.

The routes that lead to the ridges and ATV trails.

Views from Freeze Out Point. 

Views from Riley/Dry Fork Ridge.

The route up Skull Ridge and the surrounding area.

 

 

End of the route - there's an old ATV trail past the sign. 

Heading back down the trail.

Wasted sometime trying to catch a few small fish in this pond.

Tried to find the remains of Bald Mountain City but only came across a few scattered structures like this.

700 Miles though Wyoming

Coming soon

Just a couple of photo's of some old abandoned train cars in Wyoming that I've want to take a few photo's of since moving here in January.

 

Wyoming - Tongue River Hike

Photo’s from trail 002 along the Tongue River just outside of Dayton, Wyoming - 11 miles of fun.

View at the beginning of the trail.

The trail.

Tongue River.

Eventually the trail would end at fence just before the snow pack in the center of the photo.

End of the trail.