Yesterday we took the Knight Mountain Trail in the park. It
starts in the Upper Spotted Tail campground, leads east for a quarter mile
before turning north (left) down through a creek bottom.
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| Walking east from Upper Spotted Tail |
Then the fun begins, the
winding trail leads up a good grade on a surprisingly well marked trail.
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| Up the trail we go |
It
goes up over the top of Knight Mountain then on down into Fish Canyon. (we didn't go that far)
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| About 2/3 of the way up |
We
turned around before we took the final steps up to the very top. This point in the trail affords a spectacular view of the lake, Brimmer Point and everything to the west.
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| Nice view from here |
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| Eagle's eye view of Sitting Bull |
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| Brimmer Point across the way |
The top part of
the trail appeared to need some actual climbing, not just our normal hiking. Maybe we will try to go on up, and over, later
this spring.
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| Looking east (the other way) |
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| Seven in the evening and heading down (that's the Laramie Range in the west) |
This is one of the original Civilian Conservation Corps
trails and one those young men must have had a blast building.
This one isn't for everyone, as it is not, just a walk in the park, but last evening a coupe of old retired seniors made it okay.
Almost forgot my weekly Dam Road update. Here it is . . . . .
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| Not Yet! |
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