Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest, Montana
Fires in the Bitterroot chased out of the local hills and forced me to find someplace with less smoke. I headed off towards Anaconda and the CDT cutoff. After 4 miles of new trail I followed the old trail that is still on the ground but isn't being maintained any longer. It would be easy to miss if I hadn't been looking for the old trail.
It tied back in to the maintained trail that goes towards Twin Lakes after about 2 miles. I like the old trails like this the best because you just don't know what you will find. Like this old cabin that has seen much better days.
The lakes I wanted were only a short distance apart. I didn't take a fishing pole with me and of course the fish were actively surface feeding while I was there. Spend almost an hour at the upper lake exploring around the shore...
...and then went back to the lower lake and had a wonderful lunch.
After I made it back to my vehicle I decided to camp along the creek from the lower lake so I turned back around and headed back up the valley for the night. In the morning I found some cool mushrooms. Almost looked like pine cones when looking straight down at them.
After some exploring down another trail in the area I called it a trip and headed for home. Smoke was starting to build in with the shift in the wind.
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