Spotted corallroot ~ Corallorhiza maculata ~ wild orchid
There are always beautiful things to find along the Spring Creek trail, including places on the trail itself:
June 15, 2017
July 14, 2013
Cold, cold water on a hot, hot day
This afternoon a retreat into a deep dark canyon was the best way to get away from the valley heat. Besides, I promised my friend The Pointer that I would take her for a walk. On a trail like this…
above a stream like this.
And the best commentary on the feel and taste of the cold, clear water of Spring Creek:
Oh yes, and there were flowers too.
June 12, 2013
Honeysuckle, Miterwort, Twinflower and a rose with a beard…
Orange Honeysuckle, Lonicera ciliosa
Smallflower Miterwort, Mitella stauropetala
Twinflower, Linnaea borealis
Woods Rose, Rosa woodsii
June 11, 2013
Spring Creek cascades
In the southern end of the Cabinet Mountains a small creek climbs from its confluence with a larger one, about seven miles to its source in a cold spring just below the top of Big Hole Peak. Throughout that course the water falls nearly a mile in a never ending stream of small cascades and waterfalls, some of which can be accessed from the trail that runs along it through Spring Creek Canyon. Here are just a few.
June 27, 2010
Catching up ~ from May 28
For one who loves the outdoors, summer time in Montana provides a full schedule; so much to do and see and so many remote places in which to just be. Somehow I’ve gotten far behind in posting stuff and now will try to play catch up, knowing that as I do, things will backlog even further. Oh well…
A month ago on a very cloudy day it seemed good to walk in the high country, in the clouds and the rain. Here are a few photos spread through that ten miles of outdoor bliss.
For those who are familiar with this area, the hike was along the old logging road (Forest Service Road 5587) after the gate at the trail head to Big Hole Lookout, to the intersection with the Spring Creek Trail (Trail # 370) then along it to it’s intersection with the Munson Creek trail (Trail # 372) and then back out. I have promised myself that sometime soon I will leave a car at the Munson Creek trail head and then complete the hike from Road 5587 all of the way down Munson Creek. It will be a full day.
Soft on the eyes, quiet underfoot
The mystery of the canyons below
This trail sign is very old, but in pristine condition; no vandalism 5 miles from motorized access.
Flirting with the ridgetops
Peering through a window in the clouds
