kwc
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The trail in and a water crossing
![1663612604072.jpeg 1663612604072.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113774-913c11b7754501b9f405ae4462c2ce10.jpg)
![1663612633077.jpeg 1663612633077.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113775-d6d6580a8072210dbed165e91f7a0dc6.jpg)
![1663612660174.jpeg 1663612660174.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113776-1fb155a677fa518944f50d264d97ef4c.jpg)
![1663612754875.jpeg 1663612754875.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113777-d8685810bbe45178d15a23c086f14ad6.jpg)
And the last water crossing
![1663612845980.jpeg 1663612845980.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113778-f7040e02ad579564c287f9225aba0ab5.jpg)
@The Trout Whisperer tent on the right, mine on the left. We were tucked into the trees and that helped when the wind shifted and started coming from the north
![1663613114380.jpeg 1663613114380.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113779-1bfe9c7825e7793576042053439e9ddb.jpg)
Most of the other’s tents
![1663613177246.jpeg 1663613177246.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113780-23e7fcbfae3dd237a033ca0101b3ed31.jpg)
Moon rise over the ridge
![1663613235228.jpeg 1663613235228.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113781-de7efc9b5bb4b0e7e8986623794af41e.jpg)
Day hiking to Grizzly Lake
![1663613313494.jpeg 1663613313494.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113782-03607cb78050680b4ae460de68fbcd7a.jpg)
Log pile at the Grizzly Lake outlet
![1663613403659.jpeg 1663613403659.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113783-ab4b188141338aeb98250b670441baf6.jpg)
Grizzly Lake … @scatman led a group on a bushwhack around the lake
![1663613607659.jpeg 1663613607659.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113784-e7eca06d88bc53ddc3fdbd7dc8ad67c0.jpg)
The next day @scatman led a group up to Mt. Holmes … I followed a short time later but only went as far as the Winter Creek Patrol Cabin
This is a view looking back towards camp (in the trees near the center of the photo, in a clump of trees by the water)
![1663613832434.jpeg 1663613832434.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113785-23a2546ff41af60a83973a71cea968f5.jpg)
The trail follows Winter Creek, dropping down off this ridge
![1663613932372.jpeg 1663613932372.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113786-007994df9dd19ed74fe9595e59d3bdf8.jpg)
The trail now dropped down near the creek. The creek was dry with only a few pools of stagnant green water.
![1663614040443.jpeg 1663614040443.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113787-d45b1343e2db34f92b96c9d87e1bdca0.jpg)
Some open meadows as the trail progresses
![1663614121989.jpeg 1663614121989.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113788-e2bfd7beaf73182bf36ef99f36b96a62.jpg)
A view of Mt. Holmes
![1663614203803.jpeg 1663614203803.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113789-5d3558e2040a07c4ada7f7127628ead7.jpg)
The patrol cabin
![1663614264663.jpeg 1663614264663.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113790-8c3c50ee015cbc1c3bee5db9291981c1.jpg)
A peek inside
![1663614403535.jpeg 1663614403535.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113791-45f3c38fab44445936485a81ca984cb4.jpg)
![1663614459068.jpeg 1663614459068.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113792-0fe1bd45df1e9947282168f3e8808d05.jpg)
The hike back to camp was uneventful … here’s an interesting sight along the way
![1663614577043.jpeg 1663614577043.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113794-871df714f6941b740af579fbb8fde663.jpg)
Misty and frosty sunrise at camp on our final morning
![1663614658192.jpeg 1663614658192.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113795-faadd63aa141263a525e7de1b61586da.jpg)
This big guy was right on the trail on our way out and so we had to go off trail a bit to get around him. @TheMountainRabbit walked right past him when he was laying down and never saw him!
![1663614889500.jpeg 1663614889500.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113796-2275c7c2f58e2498418ac72a8b436ffb.jpg)
![1663614957950.jpeg 1663614957950.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113797-1755e40ffc0c63f4a28874b942b84d5f.jpg)
The trail on the way out … almost back to the trailhead
![1663615057988.jpeg 1663615057988.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113798-f7337a9c8a9f41160503148ce2e9e9a5.jpg)
![1663615128351.jpeg 1663615128351.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113799-123d3e4e85f9480fc597a85efc6a9ee2.jpg)
It was a great trip and a good introduction to the Yellowstone backcountry for me.
![1663612604072.jpeg 1663612604072.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113774-913c11b7754501b9f405ae4462c2ce10.jpg)
![1663612633077.jpeg 1663612633077.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113775-d6d6580a8072210dbed165e91f7a0dc6.jpg)
![1663612660174.jpeg 1663612660174.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113776-1fb155a677fa518944f50d264d97ef4c.jpg)
![1663612754875.jpeg 1663612754875.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113777-d8685810bbe45178d15a23c086f14ad6.jpg)
And the last water crossing
![1663612845980.jpeg 1663612845980.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113778-f7040e02ad579564c287f9225aba0ab5.jpg)
@The Trout Whisperer tent on the right, mine on the left. We were tucked into the trees and that helped when the wind shifted and started coming from the north
![1663613114380.jpeg 1663613114380.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113779-1bfe9c7825e7793576042053439e9ddb.jpg)
Most of the other’s tents
![1663613177246.jpeg 1663613177246.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113780-23e7fcbfae3dd237a033ca0101b3ed31.jpg)
Moon rise over the ridge
![1663613235228.jpeg 1663613235228.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113781-de7efc9b5bb4b0e7e8986623794af41e.jpg)
Day hiking to Grizzly Lake
![1663613313494.jpeg 1663613313494.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113782-03607cb78050680b4ae460de68fbcd7a.jpg)
Log pile at the Grizzly Lake outlet
![1663613403659.jpeg 1663613403659.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113783-ab4b188141338aeb98250b670441baf6.jpg)
Grizzly Lake … @scatman led a group on a bushwhack around the lake
![1663613607659.jpeg 1663613607659.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113784-e7eca06d88bc53ddc3fdbd7dc8ad67c0.jpg)
The next day @scatman led a group up to Mt. Holmes … I followed a short time later but only went as far as the Winter Creek Patrol Cabin
This is a view looking back towards camp (in the trees near the center of the photo, in a clump of trees by the water)
![1663613832434.jpeg 1663613832434.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113785-23a2546ff41af60a83973a71cea968f5.jpg)
The trail follows Winter Creek, dropping down off this ridge
![1663613932372.jpeg 1663613932372.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113786-007994df9dd19ed74fe9595e59d3bdf8.jpg)
The trail now dropped down near the creek. The creek was dry with only a few pools of stagnant green water.
![1663614040443.jpeg 1663614040443.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113787-d45b1343e2db34f92b96c9d87e1bdca0.jpg)
Some open meadows as the trail progresses
![1663614121989.jpeg 1663614121989.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113788-e2bfd7beaf73182bf36ef99f36b96a62.jpg)
A view of Mt. Holmes
![1663614203803.jpeg 1663614203803.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113789-5d3558e2040a07c4ada7f7127628ead7.jpg)
The patrol cabin
![1663614264663.jpeg 1663614264663.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113790-8c3c50ee015cbc1c3bee5db9291981c1.jpg)
A peek inside
![1663614403535.jpeg 1663614403535.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113791-45f3c38fab44445936485a81ca984cb4.jpg)
![1663614459068.jpeg 1663614459068.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113792-0fe1bd45df1e9947282168f3e8808d05.jpg)
The hike back to camp was uneventful … here’s an interesting sight along the way
![1663614577043.jpeg 1663614577043.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113794-871df714f6941b740af579fbb8fde663.jpg)
Misty and frosty sunrise at camp on our final morning
![1663614658192.jpeg 1663614658192.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113795-faadd63aa141263a525e7de1b61586da.jpg)
This big guy was right on the trail on our way out and so we had to go off trail a bit to get around him. @TheMountainRabbit walked right past him when he was laying down and never saw him!
![1663614889500.jpeg 1663614889500.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113796-2275c7c2f58e2498418ac72a8b436ffb.jpg)
![1663614957950.jpeg 1663614957950.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113797-1755e40ffc0c63f4a28874b942b84d5f.jpg)
The trail on the way out … almost back to the trailhead
![1663615057988.jpeg 1663615057988.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113798-f7337a9c8a9f41160503148ce2e9e9a5.jpg)
![1663615128351.jpeg 1663615128351.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/113/113799-123d3e4e85f9480fc597a85efc6a9ee2.jpg)
It was a great trip and a good introduction to the Yellowstone backcountry for me.