Hiking Red Canyon Trail (Pic Heavy)
The Red Canyon Trail is in an area known as Earthquake Lake in Montana. It was the site of a 7.1 earthquake in 1959. The largest to ever hit the Rocky Mountains. I guess the official name is the Hebgen Lake Earthquake. Twenty eight people died in the quake and resulting landslide some of whom are still buried there. The slide blocked the Madison River and created a lake 5 miles long and 190 feet at the deepest. The signs of the quake are still very much apparent.
As it happened, we were there on August 17 the fifty fifth anniversary, which was a little spooky. Here are some shots of our hike and the area. Really beautiful place but a little reverent knowing the history.
The hike is two miles one way with a 500 foot elevation change. So, yeah, lot's of switchbacks.
A neighboring peak. We'll make that elevation some day.
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On the way up....
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Yeah!!!
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It's a bit hard to see in these pics but this is a vertical heave of about 12-15 feet caused by the earthquake. Erosion has occurred since the quake obviously but it's still nearly vertical.
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The mountain that slid into the valley...
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Remnants of trees that used to stand well above the banks of the Madison River. Now submerged by the "new" lake....
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Hiking Red Canyon Trail (Pic Heavy)
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Tokwan
Would I be right to say that there are bears and wolfs in these kind of terrain/area?
No crocs or gaters right?
Remember when I was asking about land navigation? You can see the difference. Not so many places for hammocks but the snakes are not in the trees either.
You suspend you food and anything with an odor in a "bear bag" between trees and 6 to 10m up so they don't visit you for a late night snack. Humidity is much lower unless it rains and if it does thing dry out quick. Evenings are cool, days can get warm enough to break a sweat, but not drenching humidity.
Texas is big so the terrain in one part of the state is very different than others. You can get swamp, high desert, pine forest or canyons. Gators and snakes in the swamps.
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