WHAT STARTED OUT TO BE A SHORT HIKE UP IN KELLER PEAK

Turned out to be a long absolutely gorgeous hike up to just about the top of the ski lift area from the back side of the mountain - not the side with the ski trails.   Here are just a few photos showing the scenery which is how it looked through the whole hike.

At some point you leave the water area and it's all forest.

LOCAL MOUNTAIN AUTUMN BEAUTY

Mountains are amazing in fall.  We go up here to check it out about twice a year.  This is an area near Keller Peak.  There is a fire lookout station farther up from where this is that we toured a few times.  There are many of these lookout towers that are manned by volunteers whose job is to report smoke whenever they see it.  At one time we thought about volunteering when we first moved up here but that never happened.