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| Morning Star Lake to Atlantic Creek Campground, MT | |
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Morning Star Lake to Atlantic Creek Campground, MT
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| Hiking | 3.51 Miles |
315 AEG |
| | Hiking | 3.51 Miles | 2 Hrs 4 Mns | | 1.77 mph |
| 315 ft AEG | 5 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | I guess I really should include this with the Triple Divide Pass report but being as I recorded a separate route and we set up camp at ATL, I'll try and make this short. We had a big rain/thunder storm last nite at MOR. It was amazing to listen to the thunder as it rolled up the glacial valley and then seemed to roll back. I didn't think to record it until about the last part as it really was quite loud. (It's at the end of Video 5 for Pitamakan). The rain came down pretty hard so needless to say, we packed up wet tents and some wet bags that had been hanging from the bear pole. AND this also means, hiking through wet flora.
So off we went after a little breakfast. It was a bright beautiful day and the rain seemed to make the green a little more intense this morning. We stopped and gazed at the North Fork of Cut Bank Creek again and then gazed at the waterfalls coming from Lake 6686 of Medicine Grizzly Peak. The lighting was difficult. Even as we passed the four waterfalls we would still look back occasionally as the light was better too.
It was nice to hike thru the valley part in the morning as we had come thru here late afternoon under hazy skies on Thursday. Once again we were intrigued by an offshoot trail that goes east in one of the meadow areas toward the creek. It's well worn but has also been cordoned off by brush. I don't see anything on the topo but it does show up on satellite. It's 2.34 miles from MOR. I included a picture of it at the end of the photoset. Perhaps it was the old campsite for the area? Oh, I also have it on the video.
By now we were soaked from our knees down by the wet vegetation. We got to the junction and saw that we had another .4 miles to go uphill to the campground. I didn't realize it was that far from the junction so up we trudged thru the thick vegetation. A couple campsites were already taken so we had a choice of two different sites that would best fit Wendy's hammock. We went over to the food prep area and hung our bear bags and then came back and hung up the hammock tarp and put all of our stuff below that and would set up camp when we got back. We watered up at the creek next to the food prep area and after a snack, loaded up our packs to do Wendy's mountain.
And here is the [ youtube video ] |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
spirea, aster, cow parsnip, red monkey flower, pearly everlasting, groundsel, parry's catchfly, aster, hellebore, paintbrush, foam flower |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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