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Montana-Idaho Border

Looking west from the Divide towards Bannock Pass, which provides access to Leadore, ID, a mere 30 miles south along a gravel road that sees about 2 cars every hour.

Still looking West from the Divide.

The CDT near Calf Mountain, an excellent stretch of recently constructed trail. There was a constant 30 mph wind this day, with gusts into the 50's and 60's; walking was barely possible, and unfortunately I was heading into it most of the day.

Near Calf Mountain

The view from atop Calf Mountain, one of the highest points along the CDT in Montana, at over 10,200 feet.

Occasionally the smoke would actually enhance the experience, as it did here, by creating some abnormal evening light colors.

A view of the distant Red Conglomerates, one of the few places along this remote stretch of trail that even has a name. Most of the land is Forest Service land and has few protections from development, though it's essentially de facto wilderness since there is nothing out here.

A view of the Divide, with Eighteen Mile Peak just sticking out above the ridgeline.

A view of Idaho's Tendoy Mountains from the Divide. Idaho has more mountains than they know what to do with -- the Tendoy's look fantastic (about 30 miles long, lots of alpine, glacier-carved valleys, etc.) but I had never even heard of them before.

Notice how the sedimentary layers have been bent and twisted with heat, pressure, and faulting. A very long time ago those layers were created by deposits of silt, dead marine animals, and other materials on the bottom of a lake or ocean bottom -- and now they form the Continental Divide!

Montana lives up to its Big Sky reputation. If you look carefully you can see another Northbound CDT hiker walking up the road, on the bottom right.

The Red Conglomerates

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