Today we drove about 20 minutes east to the trailhead for the Triple Tree Trail on the south side of Bozeman. It was a 5.4 mile distance, out and back, with an elevation gain of about 950 feet. It crosses Limestone Creek (which dogs seemed to enjoy) and is on state land on the northwest slope of Mount Ellis.
We saw a couple of Beware of Bears signs, always a bit disconcerting. However, there was quite a few people using the trail (hiking, biking’ and running), so we felt better about maybe not having a bear encounter.
Prior to the hike, Bob helped another hiker jump her battery, so that she could leave the trailhead parking lot. I thought it was good that we arrived when we did, but I’m sure others arrived after us that could have helped as well.
Below are pictures from another great Bozeman hike.
before doing a loop trail to get us up and then down the mountain.
(but then, aren’t they all here?),
so views of nice homes at the beginning of the hike.
and then headed in the opposite direction of the dog.
Peckish Travels 