My daughter, who doesn’t have much free time due to grad school and training for the biathlon, and I still managed to squeeze in a 21 hour, 14 mile trip to the Lee Metcalf wilderness just outside of Bozeman. She found a trail she hadn’t hiked that just happened to be right where it looked to be raining. But by God we were going to squeeze it in no matter what, and actually we lucked out and mostly escaped the rain. The reviews painted a bleak, uninspiring picture of the trail but we found it to be quite the opposite; lots of pines, a creek to follow, and beautiful fall colors. We decided that the bad reviews were just meant to keep the tourists away…
Heading up the switchbacks to get away from the highway noise
Looking down the valley as the clouds are starting to break up
Our first bridge crossing too bad we were in a rush to beat the darkness
Pitch black when we found a spot to squeeze the tent between two downed trees
Not expected, but a much appreciated morning fire to warm up before hitting the trails
The trail meandering through a meadow
The trail ran next to Hellroaring creek giving refreshing views
Anna and Arrow in the colorful fall colors
We were just below the low clouds hugging the mountains
The trail closely follows the creek for 7.5 miles
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