zozeppelin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 3:36 pm
Two Medicine -> Cobalt Lake (5.7 mi, 1371 up)
Cobalt Lake -> Lake Isabell (8.3 mi, 1879 up, 2932 down)
Lake Isabell -> Park Creek (9.7 mi, 0 up, 1527 down)
Park Creek -> Coal Creek (8.8 mi, 1900 up, 2000 down)
Coal Creek -> Beaver Woman Lake (11 mi, 2000 up, 0 down)
Beaver Woman Lake - Old Man Lake (13.9 mi, 3000 up, 2000 down)
Old Man Lake -> Two Medicine (via Dawson-Pitamakan) (11.9 mi, 1394 up, 2841 down)
zozeppelin,
I did part of this back in 2007...
No Name Lake
Upper Two Medicine
Cobalt Lake
Lake Isabel
Cobalt Lake
Back then they allowed 2 stays at Cobalt on the same itinerary.
A lot has probably changed in 15 years... the 2 campsite "pads" at Isabel were ridiculously small. There was certainly a sense of solitude there.
I thought the views from Two Medicine Pass were very nice.
When we hiked out from Cobalt it was going to be too early to check into our hotel even after the drive to Kalispell. We asked a Ranger at the Two Medicine Backcountry Office if there was some place to get a shower.
"Brownies" came the reply, He thought it would cost a dollar for a shower there.
We drove to Brownies and stepped inside. I asked the pleasant lady behind the counter about the possiblity of getting a shower there.
She replied in the affirmative and indicated the price was a dollar. I nodded and started to go outside to tell my hiking partner we had scored.
At this point the nice lady said, "Do you have a towel?".
"No", I replied. "That will be another dollar", she said.
I smiled and said, "How much is hot water?" She chuckled and said there was no charge for hot water.
I think that was the best $2 I had spent in a long time!
Best regards,
Scott