it was good to get back to brown pass and into hole in the wall. Another rocky mountain high! The photo of brown pass was taken from the Hole in the Wall trail, then we look at the plug that still blocks the Hole in the Wall trail and Hole in the Wall campground itself from the trail junction.
Here are some more impressions from the trip back down. 
Big Thanks to REGI for these great photos:
here we are at brown pass looking at some avalanche debris that came
of chapman. Then a view from brown towards the waterton valley and cleveland in the back, more debris from the some avalanche. Then i have a few shots on the way up, here
a picture of me and Rita Wirtz, the north fork back country ranger, on the scree bar after we crossed the first snowbirdge. Waterfall
on the climb up, everything is certainly running big and high now! And finally
a look at the waterfall coming out of hole in the wall; we both were wearing big smiles on our faces,
what a glorious day!
This is the outhouse on top of Numa Lookout, you get the idea on the amount of snow still up there, no doubt it is still winter up here. 
here are some flowers and a shroom seen on the way up to Numa Lookout.
the first was is a fairy slipper, an orchid, the comes a western clematis
and a morel looking mushroom: 
the river waters peeked Wednesday afternoon and have been receding since… so far the temperatures are cool enough to slow things down enough to have a high but not unusually so runoff and keep the river in check… also it’s not quite over yet and still plenty of snow in the high country we will see what happens between now and the fourth of July!
here are some photos from an outing into the high country…
… maybe some of you know exactly where this is…
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the spruce creek cut over from hay creek road to red meadow road is finally snow free and dry enough for a good ride. there is still plenty of snow past the red meadow gate and it might be a while.. latest rumor I heard was that the great divide race might be rerouted around the flathead this year…
Mostly dry road all the way to kintla lake but for one considerable puddle just before you get to the lake, however, that may drain quickly also. A bit cold for a swim, but plenty warm pebbles on the beach for a long nap before the ride back
One month later we are back on Glacier View, this time plus the view and still plenty of snow on top to have fun on the way down. The wildflowers: 
are getting started big time and it looks like an awesome summer for wildflower lovers! Things are warming up in general but this was an exceptionally warm day, even on top we were baking in the sun – which is a first this year. Here is Tony from Cleveland who joined me for the slog up to the top: 
