CDT Montana 2016
Day 40, August 14, Sunday
Start Morning Star Lake campsite 28-108CG
Stop Red Eagle Lake (Foot) campsite 28-255CG
Trail miles walked: 14.7
Start off the morning with a waterfall.
Triple Divide Pass, and Triple Divide Peak, are the vista highlight of the day.
I think the triple refers to Atlantic, Pacific, or Hudson Bay drainage paths.
Note how the rock wall is so green compared to yesterday’s pass.
You may not be able to see it in the photo, but mountain goats are on the ridge at the pass.
I would not have been able to notice them, but another hiker at the pass pointed them out.
On the way down from the pass, several waterfalls command attention.
Within miles of the lake, a couple of swinging bridges cross Hudson Bay Creek.
Red Eagle Lake has two campsites, and mine is at the “foot”.
Other campers included a trail-runner couple from Kentuckiana, a former teacher in Whitefish, MT, and a teacher guy from Minnesota.
Loons call across the lake.
Campers traded stories about how hard it was to reserve backcountry sites in advance or as a walk-in.
After a brief powerful thunderstorm I venture to the other end of the lake, where moose are reported to feed at dusk. The couple from Kentuckiana were returning from a successful moose hunt and told me to keep on the trail past the lake. Sure enough…
