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A week after returning from my Jay Creek trip, I was on the road again heading to Cody, Wyoming for another eight day backpacking trip. The last time that I had been to Cody was almost 30 years ago when I did a backpacking trip into Canoe Lake on the east side of Yellowstone National Park through the Shoshone National Forest. I stayed in Cody on my way home from that trip.
My drive to Cody was going to take me about 7.5 hours. I was hoping to meet up with @TractorDoc and @b.stark that afternoon as Tractordoc was flying in and b.stark was picking him up at the airport. After that, @wsp_scott and @Bob would join us for some dinner.
Lonely road. Somewhere between Thermopolis and Cody
Stopped to get this shot of the red rocks
Home for the night
Dinner at the WYOld West Taproom
All have arrived
The Kilted Cowboy Scotch Ale. Seems fitting.
Yum!
These ought to get me up the hill - Rocky Mountain Oysters
After dinner, Scott and Bob took off to camp near the trailhead.
Watching the Cody shoot out after dinner. After the gunfight, I headed back to the hotel room to get a good night's rest so that
I'd be ready to hit the trail in the morning.
And before we go any further down this rabbit hole, @b.stark wrote an excellent trip report that can be found here - Wyoming 2024 -The Hidden Creek Expedition . His report is more factual than the hot mess
that lies ahead should you choose to continue on.
Trip Overview Map
Our original route had been a near loop that incorporated Deer Creek, Deer Creek Pass, North Fork Butte Creek, Butte Creek, Thorofare Creek, Hidden Creek, North Fork of the Yellowstone, the high country above Thorofare Creek headwaters, then along the ridge, drop down into Fall Creek, and out the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Unfortunately, we couldn't get above the falls on Hidden Creek, so essentially our trip turned into an out and back affair.
Day 1 - Deer Creek Trailhead to upper Deer Creek
Dave and I ate breakfast at the Irma before heading on to the trailhead. Brent had taken off earlier to meet Bob and the outfitter, since they were going to ride horses up to the pass.
We arrived at the trailhead around 8:30 and right after we arrived, Scott and @futurafree showed up after shuttling a vehicle to the Cabin Creek Trailhead.
Trailhead sign
Dave, thinking this Outback is one fine vehicle.
Indeed
Chris and Scott on the switchbacks right off the trailhead. It was a hot day, and the
first hill was brutal, with little shade and the sun beating down on us. About halfway up
the hill, I thought that I might not make it. Once I got to the top of the switchbacks, I
felt much better and got into a better rhythm.
Washakie Wilderness Boundary
Gaining some elevation. View is up the South Fork of the Shoshone River
Chris, manhandling the switchbacks
First good look up the canyon
Many steep drop-offs along sections of this trail
Falls on a side-stream of Deer Creek
Looking back down canyon
A Mormon cricket
See that log about thirty feet downstream? I crossed that log so that I wouldn't get my boots wet.
I got stuck in this and couldn't get back to the trail. I tried removing my pack and lifting it over the downfall, but it was no use. I
had to tuck my tail between my legs and retreat back across the log. I ended up getting my boots wet.
Deer Creek
Mountain ash
More Deer Creek
More tributary falls
Views from along the trail
Sulphur buckwheat
A mule and horse from Bob and Brent's outfitter. Who was riding this horse?
Views from the trail
Wildflowers
Camp for night one
Once comfortably in my tent for the evening, Dave called to me and said that he had received a message from Brent on his satellite connection that told us not to come down the North Fork of Butte Creek because it was "sketchy." What did sketchy mean? No old horse trail? No good campsites to be had? Too many willows to contend with? bad fishing? I would have preferred the message be sent by smoke signals, but since there are fire restrictions in place, I'll let the techies win this one.
Day 2 - Upper Deer Creek to Junction of North Fork Butte Creek with Butte Creek
After the "sketchy" warning, we decided to take the Butte Creek Trail down and meet Bob and Brent where the North Fork flows into Butte Creek.
A deer strolls by near camp in the morning
Chris, beginning the switchbacks up to Deer Creek Pass
Monkey flowers along the trail
The north side of Fingfisher Peak
The Deer Creek Trail
First good view of the pass
It just might be scary riding a horse through the sections ahead.
The logs have been set in place with long rods of rebar hammered into the hillside to
keep the trail from slumping off
Seems like we are almost there.
View back down the canyon
Deer Creek Pass
Chris waiting at the pass
Scatman crawling to the pass
Help! I've fallen and I can't get up. I couldn't lift my left leg to get a proper turtle on its back pose because I would have
rolled down the hill.
Leaving the Washakie Wilderness and entering the Teton Wilderness
View to the west from the pass
Scott arrives at the pass
Dave arrives at the pass
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As promised, the bikini pose in all cardinal directions if I made it to the pass. Sorry @Rockskipper, no real bikini.
@Bob and @b.stark disappeared over this hill to sketchiness.
The Thorofare Buttes
A horse highway heading down this side of the pass
A natural arch on the east end of the Thorofare Buttes
One of my favorite pictures of our trip
Time to purify some water at the headwaters of Butte Creek
A look back at the pass
Bear track on the trail
Old signpost at the junction with the Woody Creek Trail
The basin above is know as The Cathedral
Butte Creek
Where are @Bob and @b.stark ?
Outfitter's camp on North Fork Butte Creek
Interesting
@wsp_scott and @futurafree crossing Butte Creek to get to our campsite
Where the Hell are we?
Ledge stonecrop
My tent
Day 3 - Junction of Butte Creek and North Fork Butte Creek to Outfitter's Camp up Hidden Creek
We were originally going to camp at the mouth of Hidden Creek, but the overall sketchiness changed our plans.
A deer yesterday and a squirrel today to start the morning off
Heading down Butte Creek again
Getting close to the Thorofare Creek Trail
Thorofare Creek
The old Cabin on Pass Creek
At this point, we saw someone heading up the Thorofare Creek trail and Scott called out to him. It turned out to be @Georgia Yankee who was looking for us. He joined us at the cabin for a group shot.
Group shot at the cabin - @b.stark , @futurafree , @Georgia Yankee , @wsp_scott , @Bob , @TractorDoc , and Scatman
Back on Thorofare Creek
Heading towards Hidden Creek
Hidden Creek cuts through the "V" in the ridge
@Georgia Yankee and a bear box near the mouth of Hidden Creek
@wsp_scott crossing Thorofare Creek
@Georgia Yankee showing us all how easy the crossing is
Steep switchbacks going up the hill on the first part of the Hidden Creek Trail
Dave and Chris on the switchbacks. I think they are thinking, "Get out of the way
slowpoke!"
A deer on the hillside runs away from us
Brent and Jim making their way through this neat little valley before climbing again
Looking back down on that small valley
Geranium
The mountain directly ahead (unnamed peak 10,770) is the divider between the east and west branches of Hidden Creek
Monkey flower
Another sign near the outfitter's camp
Dinner time at the outfitter's camp. This is where we learned the story of the soon to be legendary Rooster Allen Seacrest.
GoPro - Take a picture!
Day 4 - Outfitter's Camp on Hidden Creek to the end of the Second Meadow on Hidden Creek
This was a short day which gave us time to try and get to the waterfall at the end of the valley
First view of Hidden Creek
Something is picture worthy after fording Hidden Creek
Yellows monkey flower
Another small arch above
Making our way through the first meadow
Grizzly scat
And guess who is bringing up the rear?
Mountains along east side of Hidden Creek Canyon
Last break before reaching our campsite
Making our way through the second meadow
U turn on Hidden Creek
Group shot
Hidden Creek Falls
Once last stream to cross to get to camp
Our campsite. It rained for a short time, but once it stopped some of us headed for the falls
A police car moth on some ragwort
Making our way towards the falls between the willows and the forest
Hidden Creek
Another taste test. Yep, grizzly.
No getting up the cliffs here
@futurafree crossing Hidden Creek
Zoomed in on the mist from the falls
More wonderful paintbrush just above the creek
Remember the boulder in Indiana Jones?
Columbine
A tall column on the west side of Hidden Creek
Good flow to the creek
At the base of the cliff band I ran into a game trail
Straight down to the creek
Butt pucker time at this point as I try to round the bend to get to the waterfall
Don't like the loose rocks
Made it to the falls
Dave and the column on our way back down
Very steep at this point as we try to make our way back down to the creek
Back on the creek
Looking down Hidden Creek
More columbine
Flies on cow-parsnip
Last look at the falls
Some willows to contend with on our way back to camp
Dave and the falls
Dinner time
Meeting of the brain trusts
Camp
Day 5 - Upper Hidden Creek Meadow to Thorofare Creek
@Georgia Yankee would be leaving us today to continue his adventure to upper Thorofare Creek, Majo Pass, North Fork of the Yellowstone, Younts Peak, and beyond. It was a pleasure meeting you Jim and hope that someday we can meet on the trail again.
Sunrise on Hidden Creek
Sulphur paintbrush
Back the way we came
Unnamed peak 10,770
@Bob , finding the optimal crossing point
A quick break back at the outfitter's camp
Petrified Ridge in the distance. Rumor has it someone wants to return to explore that ridge next year.
Dave passing through the pretty little valley before dropping down to Thorofare Creek
A new grizzly track on the trail since we came in
Thorofare Creek
A stonefly. These guys were all over my tent.
Ducks swimming upstream on Thorofare Creek
Petrified Ridge to the north
Later in the evening we would have a nice lightning and thunderstorm show.
Day 6 - Thorofare Creek to Upper Butte Creek
@b.stark , @futurafree , and @wsp_scott would be leaving the group today so that they could get out a day earlier. They are wonderful lads and I hope I get to share a trail and a campsite with them in the future.
Morning sun on Thorofare Creek
Not exactly sure what this guy is doing, but his camping partner could not catch their horse. Every time he would get close, the
horse would run away. It was wearing a bell, so as it ran you'd hear tinker, tinker, tinker. This made me laugh out loud to watch.
Soon karma would get me back for being amused by his misfortune.
Muddy Pass Creek flowing into clear Thorofare Creek
Bear sign
Back on Butte Creek
Butte Creek
Fireweed
Not long after they above picture was taken, e reached North Fork of Butte Creek (Sketchy). @TractorDoc crossed and I followed. As I approached the opposite bank, I stepped on a wet rock with my right foot. I then went to reach out with my left foot to step on the bank when my right foot slipped off the wet rock. I put my leg down into the creek only to encounter another very slick rock. I went down fast and hard and stuck my right arm out without even thinking about it. As soon as I hit I felt immediate pain in my right arm. I knew right away that I had broken something. My wrist? My forearm? Both? If I had been thinking I would have had Bob or Dave snap my picture. Scatman down! But I was too busy curled up in a ball of pain to think about that at the moment. I eventually got up and adrenaline carried me through the rest of the day. I also took less pictures as it hurt to remove my camera from the shoulder strap clip. I did manage to take some though.
Mule train heading in to set up the outfitter's camp on Hidden Creek. This was the same outfitter that took Bob and Brent to the
top of Deer Creek Pass on day one.
Fireweed on the hillside beneath the dead trees
Back at the Thorofare Buttes
Campsite for the night
Day 7 - Upper Butte Creek to Upper Deer Creek
We had a grizzly bear come through our camp in the night.
Our visitor last night. Its prints were over the top of our boot prints in camp
Deer Creek Pass once again
Horse remains
Bob and Dave approaching the pass
Bob on the pass. It was really windy on this side of the pass
Dave on the pass. Ground squirrels were plotting his demise at this point.
The main culprit
Down the other side
Bob, thinking how his horse made it through this section
Deer Creek
Getting chilly as a cold front moves in
Day 8 - Upper Deer Creek to the Deer Creek Trailhead.
All downhill from here.
Woke up in the clouds. Everything was soaking wet.
Hand and wrist swollen this morning
This bear lead us almost all the way down the trail to the trailhead
Walking out of the clouds
This guy is 80 years old, carries an external frame pack and went over Deer Creek Pass to The Cathedral. On his way back down
when we ran into him - very inspirational.
These are what got me up the hill on day one - fresh raspberries.
Can just make out the valley in the distance where the trailhead is located
The bear is still leading the way
Uphill again?
Falls that we stopped at on day one
I just loved these shots of the grizzly prints on the trail. It turned off at the top of the switchbacks on the last hill to descend before
the trailhead
Bob, leaving the canyon
The South Fork of the Shoshone River below
The Sube! And the eighty's year old car (white one)
The last switchback
Trail end group shot
Celebrated at the Cody Steakhouse
Enjoying a 24 ox. medium rare T-bone
Along with a Jeremiah Johnson Mountain Man Scotch Ale. Quite good I might add.
It was now time to go get the arm checked out
I liked this image when they took me back to X-ray my wrist and forearm
Broken wrist is the verdict
They told me to make an appointment with an orthopedic specialist when I got back to Salt Lake
We had a day to kill in Cody before Dave flew out, so we did some shopping and had a beer or two.
@Rockskipper , I may need some help affording these 25,000 dollar boots that commemorate
Yellowstone National Park's 150th anniversary. I promise I will pay you back.
After dropping Dave off at the Cody airport, this sunrise greeted me on the way to Thermopolis.
I made an appointment with an orthopedic specialist when I returned to SLC and he confirmed the broken wrist and then put me in
a custom made brace for the next four weeks. He told me that he would put me in a cast instead if I was going to be stupid. I told
him that I'd be a good lad with my right wrist. Does anybody on here believe that?
Well, even with the wrist situation, it was a fun trip. I was a little disappointed that we couldn't complete the original route, but hey sometimes that just happens. I would definitely recommend Hidden Creek to anyone who is interested.
The End.
My drive to Cody was going to take me about 7.5 hours. I was hoping to meet up with @TractorDoc and @b.stark that afternoon as Tractordoc was flying in and b.stark was picking him up at the airport. After that, @wsp_scott and @Bob would join us for some dinner.
Lonely road. Somewhere between Thermopolis and Cody
Stopped to get this shot of the red rocks
Home for the night
Dinner at the WYOld West Taproom
All have arrived
The Kilted Cowboy Scotch Ale. Seems fitting.
Yum!
These ought to get me up the hill - Rocky Mountain Oysters
After dinner, Scott and Bob took off to camp near the trailhead.
Watching the Cody shoot out after dinner. After the gunfight, I headed back to the hotel room to get a good night's rest so that
I'd be ready to hit the trail in the morning.
And before we go any further down this rabbit hole, @b.stark wrote an excellent trip report that can be found here - Wyoming 2024 -The Hidden Creek Expedition . His report is more factual than the hot mess
that lies ahead should you choose to continue on.Trip Overview Map
Our original route had been a near loop that incorporated Deer Creek, Deer Creek Pass, North Fork Butte Creek, Butte Creek, Thorofare Creek, Hidden Creek, North Fork of the Yellowstone, the high country above Thorofare Creek headwaters, then along the ridge, drop down into Fall Creek, and out the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Unfortunately, we couldn't get above the falls on Hidden Creek, so essentially our trip turned into an out and back affair.
Day 1 - Deer Creek Trailhead to upper Deer Creek
Dave and I ate breakfast at the Irma before heading on to the trailhead. Brent had taken off earlier to meet Bob and the outfitter, since they were going to ride horses up to the pass.
We arrived at the trailhead around 8:30 and right after we arrived, Scott and @futurafree showed up after shuttling a vehicle to the Cabin Creek Trailhead.
Trailhead sign
Dave, thinking this Outback is one fine vehicle.
Indeed
Chris and Scott on the switchbacks right off the trailhead. It was a hot day, and the
first hill was brutal, with little shade and the sun beating down on us. About halfway up
the hill, I thought that I might not make it. Once I got to the top of the switchbacks, I
felt much better and got into a better rhythm.
Washakie Wilderness Boundary
Gaining some elevation. View is up the South Fork of the Shoshone River
Chris, manhandling the switchbacks
First good look up the canyon
Many steep drop-offs along sections of this trail
Falls on a side-stream of Deer Creek
Looking back down canyon
A Mormon cricket
See that log about thirty feet downstream? I crossed that log so that I wouldn't get my boots wet.
I got stuck in this and couldn't get back to the trail. I tried removing my pack and lifting it over the downfall, but it was no use. I
had to tuck my tail between my legs and retreat back across the log. I ended up getting my boots wet.
Deer Creek
Mountain ash
More Deer Creek
More tributary falls
Views from along the trail
Sulphur buckwheat
A mule and horse from Bob and Brent's outfitter. Who was riding this horse?
Views from the trail
Wildflowers
Camp for night one
Once comfortably in my tent for the evening, Dave called to me and said that he had received a message from Brent on his satellite connection that told us not to come down the North Fork of Butte Creek because it was "sketchy." What did sketchy mean? No old horse trail? No good campsites to be had? Too many willows to contend with? bad fishing? I would have preferred the message be sent by smoke signals, but since there are fire restrictions in place, I'll let the techies win this one.
Day 2 - Upper Deer Creek to Junction of North Fork Butte Creek with Butte Creek
After the "sketchy" warning, we decided to take the Butte Creek Trail down and meet Bob and Brent where the North Fork flows into Butte Creek.
A deer strolls by near camp in the morning
Chris, beginning the switchbacks up to Deer Creek Pass
Monkey flowers along the trail
The north side of Fingfisher Peak
The Deer Creek Trail
First good view of the pass
It just might be scary riding a horse through the sections ahead.
The logs have been set in place with long rods of rebar hammered into the hillside to
keep the trail from slumping off
Seems like we are almost there.
View back down the canyon
Deer Creek Pass
Chris waiting at the pass
Scatman crawling to the pass
Help! I've fallen and I can't get up.
I couldn't lift my left leg to get a proper turtle on its back pose because I would haverolled down the hill.
Leaving the Washakie Wilderness and entering the Teton Wilderness
View to the west from the pass
Scott arrives at the pass
Dave arrives at the pass
southeastnorthwestAs promised, the bikini pose in all cardinal directions if I made it to the pass. Sorry @Rockskipper, no real bikini.
@Bob and @b.stark disappeared over this hill to sketchiness.
The Thorofare Buttes
A horse highway heading down this side of the pass
A natural arch on the east end of the Thorofare Buttes
One of my favorite pictures of our trip
Time to purify some water at the headwaters of Butte Creek
A look back at the pass
Bear track on the trail
Old signpost at the junction with the Woody Creek Trail
The basin above is know as The Cathedral
Butte Creek
Where are @Bob and @b.stark ?
Outfitter's camp on North Fork Butte Creek
Interesting
@wsp_scott and @futurafree crossing Butte Creek to get to our campsite
Where the Hell are we?
Ledge stonecrop
My tent
Day 3 - Junction of Butte Creek and North Fork Butte Creek to Outfitter's Camp up Hidden Creek
We were originally going to camp at the mouth of Hidden Creek, but the overall sketchiness changed our plans.
A deer yesterday and a squirrel today to start the morning off
Heading down Butte Creek again
Getting close to the Thorofare Creek Trail
Thorofare Creek
The old Cabin on Pass Creek
At this point, we saw someone heading up the Thorofare Creek trail and Scott called out to him. It turned out to be @Georgia Yankee who was looking for us. He joined us at the cabin for a group shot.
Group shot at the cabin - @b.stark , @futurafree , @Georgia Yankee , @wsp_scott , @Bob , @TractorDoc , and Scatman
Back on Thorofare Creek
Heading towards Hidden Creek
Hidden Creek cuts through the "V" in the ridge
@Georgia Yankee and a bear box near the mouth of Hidden Creek
@wsp_scott crossing Thorofare Creek
@Georgia Yankee showing us all how easy the crossing is
Steep switchbacks going up the hill on the first part of the Hidden Creek Trail
Dave and Chris on the switchbacks. I think they are thinking, "Get out of the way
slowpoke!"
A deer on the hillside runs away from us
Brent and Jim making their way through this neat little valley before climbing again
Looking back down on that small valley
Geranium
The mountain directly ahead (unnamed peak 10,770) is the divider between the east and west branches of Hidden Creek
Monkey flower
Another sign near the outfitter's camp
Dinner time at the outfitter's camp. This is where we learned the story of the soon to be legendary Rooster Allen Seacrest.
GoPro - Take a picture!
Day 4 - Outfitter's Camp on Hidden Creek to the end of the Second Meadow on Hidden Creek
This was a short day which gave us time to try and get to the waterfall at the end of the valley
First view of Hidden Creek
Something is picture worthy after fording Hidden Creek
Yellows monkey flower
Another small arch above
Making our way through the first meadow
Grizzly scat
And guess who is bringing up the rear?
Mountains along east side of Hidden Creek Canyon
Last break before reaching our campsite
Making our way through the second meadow
U turn on Hidden Creek
Group shot
Hidden Creek Falls
Once last stream to cross to get to camp
Our campsite. It rained for a short time, but once it stopped some of us headed for the falls
A police car moth on some ragwort
Making our way towards the falls between the willows and the forest
Hidden Creek
Another taste test. Yep, grizzly.
No getting up the cliffs here
@futurafree crossing Hidden Creek
Zoomed in on the mist from the falls
More wonderful paintbrush just above the creek
Remember the boulder in Indiana Jones?
Columbine
A tall column on the west side of Hidden Creek
Good flow to the creek
At the base of the cliff band I ran into a game trail
Straight down to the creek
Butt pucker time at this point as I try to round the bend to get to the waterfall
Don't like the loose rocks
Made it to the falls
Dave and the column on our way back down
Very steep at this point as we try to make our way back down to the creek
Back on the creek
Looking down Hidden Creek
More columbine
Flies on cow-parsnip
Last look at the falls
Some willows to contend with on our way back to camp
Dave and the falls
Dinner time
Meeting of the brain trusts
Camp
Day 5 - Upper Hidden Creek Meadow to Thorofare Creek
@Georgia Yankee would be leaving us today to continue his adventure to upper Thorofare Creek, Majo Pass, North Fork of the Yellowstone, Younts Peak, and beyond. It was a pleasure meeting you Jim and hope that someday we can meet on the trail again.
Sunrise on Hidden Creek
Sulphur paintbrush
Back the way we came
Unnamed peak 10,770
@Bob , finding the optimal crossing point
A quick break back at the outfitter's camp
Petrified Ridge in the distance. Rumor has it someone wants to return to explore that ridge next year.
Dave passing through the pretty little valley before dropping down to Thorofare Creek
A new grizzly track on the trail since we came in
Thorofare Creek
A stonefly. These guys were all over my tent.
Ducks swimming upstream on Thorofare Creek
Petrified Ridge to the north
Later in the evening we would have a nice lightning and thunderstorm show.
Day 6 - Thorofare Creek to Upper Butte Creek
@b.stark , @futurafree , and @wsp_scott would be leaving the group today so that they could get out a day earlier. They are wonderful lads and I hope I get to share a trail and a campsite with them in the future.
Morning sun on Thorofare Creek
Not exactly sure what this guy is doing, but his camping partner could not catch their horse. Every time he would get close, the
horse would run away. It was wearing a bell, so as it ran you'd hear tinker, tinker, tinker. This made me laugh out loud to watch.
Soon karma would get me back for being amused by his misfortune.
Muddy Pass Creek flowing into clear Thorofare Creek
Bear sign
Back on Butte Creek
Butte Creek
Fireweed
Not long after they above picture was taken, e reached North Fork of Butte Creek (Sketchy). @TractorDoc crossed and I followed. As I approached the opposite bank, I stepped on a wet rock with my right foot. I then went to reach out with my left foot to step on the bank when my right foot slipped off the wet rock. I put my leg down into the creek only to encounter another very slick rock. I went down fast and hard and stuck my right arm out without even thinking about it. As soon as I hit I felt immediate pain in my right arm. I knew right away that I had broken something. My wrist? My forearm? Both? If I had been thinking I would have had Bob or Dave snap my picture. Scatman down! But I was too busy curled up in a ball of pain to think about that at the moment. I eventually got up and adrenaline carried me through the rest of the day. I also took less pictures as it hurt to remove my camera from the shoulder strap clip. I did manage to take some though.
Mule train heading in to set up the outfitter's camp on Hidden Creek. This was the same outfitter that took Bob and Brent to the
top of Deer Creek Pass on day one.
Fireweed on the hillside beneath the dead trees
Back at the Thorofare Buttes
Campsite for the night
Day 7 - Upper Butte Creek to Upper Deer Creek
We had a grizzly bear come through our camp in the night.
Our visitor last night. Its prints were over the top of our boot prints in camp
Deer Creek Pass once again
Horse remains
Bob and Dave approaching the pass
Bob on the pass. It was really windy on this side of the pass
Dave on the pass. Ground squirrels were plotting his demise at this point.
The main culprit
Down the other side
Bob, thinking how his horse made it through this section
Deer Creek
Getting chilly as a cold front moves in
Day 8 - Upper Deer Creek to the Deer Creek Trailhead.
All downhill from here.
Woke up in the clouds. Everything was soaking wet.
Hand and wrist swollen this morning
This bear lead us almost all the way down the trail to the trailhead
Walking out of the clouds
This guy is 80 years old, carries an external frame pack and went over Deer Creek Pass to The Cathedral. On his way back down
when we ran into him - very inspirational.
These are what got me up the hill on day one - fresh raspberries.
Can just make out the valley in the distance where the trailhead is located
The bear is still leading the way
Uphill again?
Falls that we stopped at on day one
I just loved these shots of the grizzly prints on the trail. It turned off at the top of the switchbacks on the last hill to descend before
the trailhead
Bob, leaving the canyon
The South Fork of the Shoshone River below
The Sube! And the eighty's year old car (white one)
The last switchback
Trail end group shot
Celebrated at the Cody Steakhouse
Enjoying a 24 ox. medium rare T-bone
Along with a Jeremiah Johnson Mountain Man Scotch Ale. Quite good I might add.
It was now time to go get the arm checked out
I liked this image when they took me back to X-ray my wrist and forearm
Broken wrist is the verdict
They told me to make an appointment with an orthopedic specialist when I got back to Salt Lake
We had a day to kill in Cody before Dave flew out, so we did some shopping and had a beer or two.
@Rockskipper , I may need some help affording these 25,000 dollar boots that commemorate
Yellowstone National Park's 150th anniversary. I promise I will pay you back.
After dropping Dave off at the Cody airport, this sunrise greeted me on the way to Thermopolis.
I made an appointment with an orthopedic specialist when I returned to SLC and he confirmed the broken wrist and then put me in
a custom made brace for the next four weeks. He told me that he would put me in a cast instead if I was going to be stupid. I told
him that I'd be a good lad with my right wrist. Does anybody on here believe that?
Well, even with the wrist situation, it was a fun trip. I was a little disappointed that we couldn't complete the original route, but hey sometimes that just happens. I would definitely recommend Hidden Creek to anyone who is interested.
The End.
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