Storm Lake Pass

Some of you that I have talked to know that July was extremely hot here in Missoula, way above average temps. (Sort of what Like MNis experiencing right now) For 5 weeks we did not go below 90 for the high temp. Over the week of the 4th when I was off in high country visiting with Kirstin and Chris poor Erik was at home with no AC in temps of 101-105! So I got back on Friday night and we left Sat morning for the high country again, some car camping and hiking to try to get away from some of the heat. It worked because we went up a couple thousand feet and the temp went down at least 10-15 degrees. We got to camp by a lake and hike up to Storm Pass in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness. The trail was nice and there was a lot of free camping in the area so we'll have to remember that. We'd also love to backpack in the area looks really nice. When we were hiking on the trail the weather was turning a little scetchy so I didn't take too many pics and the ones I did take aren't the greatest but here's a few for you to judge for yourself.
On the way up the trail. Notice the flowers beside the trail. Hard to get a good picture of the flowers but in real life they add so much color!

Sign post at the top:

Here's a picture of one of the peaks at the top. The trail you see goes on deeper into the wilderness. After that we heard thunder getting closer as you can tell by the clouds. It rained on our way down but luckily the lightning didn't get too close. Until the next post!