Here Comes the Bride

On a cold, wintery day like today the best thing to do is get out on an invigorating hike! So we grabbed some gear and headed to the Clark's Fork Canyon where we met up with friends Bill and Yvette and their companion, Atticus. The destination was Bridal Veil Falls, a beautiful cascade hidden from the main trail by a few well placed rock walls.

The falls plummets about 150' or so from up in the Beartooths. This time of year it is an amazingly detailed curtain of ice with one small stream of water escaping about two-thirds the way up. Hopefully you can see it in this photo to the left.

 This second shot is from a little further back. To get to the base of the falls you have to hike in about an hour from the trailhead and then carefully navigate up a frozen (mostly!) stream for another half hour or so.

 In one spot we set up a rope handhold as the ground was frozen and very slippery. Poor Atticus had to rely on his toe nails for doggy crampons!