The Chinese Wall in the Bob Marshall Wilderness of Montana - Fall 2011 - Part Four: My Lake to Headquarters Pass Trailhead

Another Chinese Wall Adventure!
in the Bob Marshall Wilderness of Montana
September 16-23, 2011
Part Four - My Lake to Headquarters Pass Trailhead
Part One - Benchmark to Prairie Reef
Part Two - The Snow Storm near Cliff Mountain
Part Three - Photography and Beauty along the Wall
Copyright Notice

Our final two days in the Bob Marshall Wilderness featured 25 miles of hiking and plenty of beautiful fall color. We left My Lake early in the morning and headed for Spotted Bear Pass, two miles away. At the pass we picked up the Rock Creek trail and followed that 13 more miles to the North Fork of the Sun River east of Gates Park.

Photos by Ralph Thornton and Jim Utsler.
To see Jim's fantastic art visit his Art by Jim Utsler website.






			Left Column: Fall color along the high trail to Spotted Bear Pass.
			Some nice grizzly tracks in the mud on the Rock Creek trail.
				Left: Jim near the Rock Creek patrol cabin. Right: I'm coming in to camp.
				The late afternoon sky featured a big Chinook arch.

				Left: The area along the North Fork of the Sun River was burned in the 1988 Gates Park Fire. Right: Jim heading in to camp along the North Fork of the Sun River.


			Some views near our camp on our last night in the wilderness.


			Above: Dinner time on our last evening in the wildernes. Left: Sunset.
			The pack bridge over the North Fork of the Sun River. Below: Along the trail to Headquarters Pass.

			Left: All done!