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| Katie in the color-spangled ground cover on the Firebrand Pass hike |
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| The aspen were really going in Glacier |
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| The aspen in full color in Glacier in the Lake Creek country below Spot Mountaiin |
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| Even in the 2007 burn area on the North Fork Teton the aspen were going |
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| Wayne Phillips on the North Fork |
We've had trips to Glacier and the Rocky Mountain Front over the pas week to enjoy the height of the East Side colors.
In the meantime, we've noticed the West Side larch are starting to turn.
We've done our annual Firebrand Pass hike, and gone up the Teton County Road twice to get the golden aspen and cottonwoods in full color.
There's hardly anything like the East Side ground cover, particularly the reds, yellows and oranges from the osier, huckleberry and chokecherry.
I was delighted that Wayne Phillips, who has been struggling with his knee replacement agreed to join me for a tour of the Teton, which included hikes up the North and Middle forks.
Katie and I made a two day trip out of our Firebrand hike, stopping in Dupuyer for our first stay at the Buffalo Wallow Motel, part of the Buffalo Joe restaurant complex. We had a great room for $99 and delicious meals at the restaurant. We awakened to crystal clear skies over the Front as we drove down to the Teton.
The East Side ground cover, aspen and cottonwood color show is not to be missed as one of the great spectacles of Montana.
I was interested that when we climbed Firebrand Pass that all but one other party consisted of women.
We spoke with the 30 or so women in about seven groups and with the exception of Browning group, the rest were from the Flathead.
The East Siders consisted of our party and a group from Browning.
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