On September 24th, the last work day for USFS trail maintenance for 2008, we completed maintenance on the trail to the top of 6682 foot Vermilion Peak in western Montana’s Cabinet Mountains. (Actually the trail to the peak is an offshoot of USFS trail 528T.) I think, despite the weather that day, which was cloudy and cold after a snowfall during the night, a few photos of the area turned out well enough to be worth posting. It’s an awesome area for wild country and wildlife.
The peak photographed from 700 feet below at Vermilion Pass:
The site of an old Lookout at the top:
The Cabinet Mountains to the northwest:
The view south over the Clark Fork River Valley:
An open hillside just below the peak:
About half way between Vermilion Peak and Highway 200, the ice cold water of Graves Creek forms this pool
just before it drops to the canyon bottom.
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