West from Baldy

While contemplating a hike next week I was looking over some photos taken there a number of years ago and noticed this one taken on October 9, 2013 that I had never published. A storm was just sweeping in from the south but a window remained looking out over the clouds that filled the valley toward the west.

A new Fall wardrobe…

Even though Fall isn’t officially here yet, the south-facing hillsides of Baldy Mountain are beginning to show off the new season’s colors, making a hike on one of my favorite trails (USFS trail 340 in the Baldy Mountain Roadless Area) an especially pleasant way to spend an afternoon.

A few drops of sap from a Fir next to the trail.

Cloudy day in May

They get steeper every year…

This trail today seemed to go clear to the sky.

USFS trail 340T in the Baldy Mountain roadless area, Cabinet Mountains, Lolo National Forest, western Montana.

(Yes those are patches of snow. There are still snowbanks ten feet deep at the top of the mountain.)

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