Photographed from Patrick’s Knob in the Lolo National Forest of western Montana. The Clark Fork of the Columbia river is 4,400 feet below and the Bitterroot Mountains are at the horizon.
About 10 days ago I made a post about hiking the Donlan Saddle trail (USFS trail 205). On Thursday I drove to the top trail head of that trail and then on up to the fire lookout on top of the peak which is called Patrick’s Knob. Here are a few photos from just below the lookout, about 4,000 feet above the valleys around it: