1134 September 12, 2024 Hellroaring
We had some wicked western weather during the night. There were strong storms with gusty winds, rain, and lightning.
I tried walking this morning but there were dark and foreboding clouds with sprinkles of rain and so I quit.
Morning treat!
Today, we left Cody behind.
We made the decision to drive the short distance to Red Lodge and camp at Perry’s RV Park. We were hopeful that because there was so much wind and rain, the haze on the Beartooth Highway might be dissipated.
We arrived at the campground at around 1pm. We quickly settled, packed a cooler and away we went.
We went south on the Beartooth Highway and Tim had the idea to try and find the canyon road. We began our adventure by taking Forest Road 2421 or Main Fork Rock Creek Road.
This was a lovely ride.
There was no snow on these mountains when we were here the other day!
As we were driving, we got a Winter Weather Advisory on our GPS.
At the end, there was a trailhead for Glacier Lake. According to GPS, it was 1.2 miles to the lake.
It was 39 degrees and chilly as we started and before long, it began to spit snow! We met a couple who had hiked this trail before. They told us that to get to the beautiful lake, we had to take 19 switchbacks for a total of about 3 miles and we would arrive. We were glad to meet these people! We did continue on for a short distance but we did not complete the hike. We did see a pretty waterfall and it was a great walk.
I was plenty warm in my new fleece vest but I was also happy to get back to the Jeep and turn the seat warmer on!
Such a pretty place.
We stopped by Rock Creek to take pictures and have a snack.
The weather was so very fickle. It was sunny, then raining, then sunny, then snowing. I had thought that somewhere there must be a rainbow. Tim spotted it first!
We found Hellroaring Plateau Road. This rocky and rough trail makes the same elevation gains as the highway in half the miles. We were excited to find it and eager to follow it to the top. It wasn’t even a mile before we had enough bouncing. Tim stopped and we admired the tremendous view.
We made our way back down and back to the RV. What a great way to spend this afternoon!