Guess the spot

[Rockskipper]

McDonald Creek?

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

No sirree.

 

[marmot_boi]

Soda Butte Creek?

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

That's the one!

 

[marmot_boi]

What is this stream?

 

[Rockskipper]

McDonald Creek near Fremont Peak

 

[marmot_boi]

This area sees several orders of magnitude fewer visitors than McDonald Creek.

 

[Rockskipper]

The one near Fremont Peak probably never gets any visitors would be my guess.

 

[marmot_boi]

The one near Fremont Peak probably never gets any visitors would be my guess.

As it turns out, places that don't exist receive very little visitation.

 

[Jackson]

Thorofare Creek?

 

[marmot_boi]

@Jackson You're up!

 

[Jackson]

@Jackson You're up!

Wow that was a stab in the dark. I've never even been on that creek but thought it resembled some photos I've seen and some of the other creeks in the area that I have actually seen. Haha.

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

I'll start with Two Medicine Lake.

 

[Jackson]

I'll start with Two Medicine Lake.

You're in the right park! This is not in the same area as Two Medicine Lake though.

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

Well then I'll go with Lake McDonald. Not the one near Fremont Peak.

 

[Jackson]

Well then I'll go with Lake McDonald. Not the one near Fremont Peak.

You're on the right side of the divide now, but still a little ways off.

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

Alright, I'll go with my original impression, Kintla Lake. I couldn't reconcile that sharp-looking left turn to the shoreline but figure it's smaller than it appears in the photo. Definitely looks west-side.

 

[Jackson]

Alright, I'll go with my original impression, Kintla Lake. I couldn't reconcile that sharp-looking left turn to the shoreline but figure it's smaller than it appears in the photo. Definitely looks west-side.

Proof that it's good to trust your gut! I believe it was right around 48.94271, -114.34604. You're up.

Edit: entered the wrong coordinates.

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

@Jackson How far up did you hike?

 

[Jackson]

@Jackson How far up did you hike?

Not super far. Probably went about three miles up the trail then turned around. I kind of wanted to get up to the backcountry camp site and poke around to see the old remnants of the oil drilling site, but the group (my wife and I) instead decided to turn around early and go swimming near where that photo was taken, then spend some time checking out the historic homesteads in the Big Prairie area. Glad we went that day because the Hay Creek fire flared up in the late afternoon as we were driving out. Covered the whole place in smoke. Not sure how the fire is now, but they were warning on Saturday that they may have to evacuate some of the residents.


Taken from the car just above Polebridge on the way out.