Baty Butte to Powerlines

Thunder Mountain in the clouds Baty Butte in the clouds Thunder Mountain in the clouds Fog in the valley First hillside meadow on the Baty Butte trail One of the many interesting areas on the Baty Butte Trail - why are there no trees here? Recent maintenance on the Baty Butte trail Another interesting area on the Baty Butte trail - I kind of think there was a trail junction here at one point The high point of the Baty Butte trail Still hanging out in the clouds today Blooming Lilly on the Baty Butte trail I think this is Penstemon A bunch of new blowdown on the Baty Butte trail Someone came thru here and cut out some of the branches recently The beginning of the huge mess above the "green area" - this is where the trail heads downhill to the green area - the trail went to the left of the big rootball in the middle There were dozens of trees that had come down - almost all of them were uproots - the trail is just over the big log at the bottom but it is hard to see due to all the debris The "green area" on the Baty Butte trail Looking back up thru the "green area" on the Baty Butte trail View from the cut area - things were starting to clear a little bit but it was still very overcast Trail in the cut area on the Baty Butte trail Trail in the cut area on the Baty Butte trail Powerline corridor on the Baty Butte trail Powerlines looking west Powerlines looking east Thor surveying his kingdom Neat old rockslide on the Baty Butte trail More of the devastation above the "green area" One of the MANY piles of scat on the trail today The sun started poking thru the clouds a few times Blooming flowers in the hillside meadow Sisi and Olallie Butte - Schreiner and Knob Peaks Baty Butte came out of the clouds