Took on an ambitious hike with one my fellow game wardens. We wanted to hit several of the more popular high mountain lakes in the Crazy Mountains. We came up w/ a 22 mile loop, with a section that we weren't even certain would be possible or not. We got a nice early start knowing it would be a long day. We started up the trail for Cottonwood Lake, the first few miles are very gentle and it was nice to get warmed up as we had a lot of climbing ahead. The trail steepened significantly, but the views got better too 
We arrived at Cottonwood Lake in good time and checked several anglers (some who were just getting up); 5.7 miles under our belts
This next section was a question mark, we wanted to get from Cottonwood Lake to Glacier Lake, but there isn't any trail and the terrain is extremely difficult. We made pretty decent time scrambling up to the ridge top. About half way to the top.
As we neared the ridge, the terrain became even more difficult and forced us into some unwanted rock climbing. Even more shocking is when we peeked over the edge- it looked impossible to get down
We moved carefully along the ridge top trying to find a route. We finally saw what appeared to be a doable route and crossed our fingers headed slowly down.
From the divide between Cottonwood Ck and South Fork of Sweetgrass Ck
Glacier Lake, our destination to rejoin a trail- we saw seven mountain goats on our route down, it's not often that your above goats
We finally made it, but it took two hours to cover two miles! The South Fork of Sweetgrass lying below us
our next stop was Moose Lake- we took a good break and ate our lunch- we're in 11.5 miles now
after Moose Lake we had to make another steep climb, it gains 800' in a mile
looking down at Moose Lake
we finally made it to Campfire Lake
we checked several anglers at the lake, this guy caught a lunker of a cutthroat
another long climb (our last!) out of Campfire to get to the divide above Tresspass Ck
looking down on Campfire Lake
13 hours later, not too worse for the wear
We arrived at Cottonwood Lake in good time and checked several anglers (some who were just getting up
); 5.7 miles under our belts
This next section was a question mark, we wanted to get from Cottonwood Lake to Glacier Lake, but there isn't any trail and the terrain is extremely difficult. We made pretty decent time scrambling up to the ridge top. About half way to the top.
As we neared the ridge, the terrain became even more difficult and forced us into some unwanted rock climbing. Even more shocking is when we peeked over the edge- it looked impossible to get down
We moved carefully along the ridge top trying to find a route. We finally saw what appeared to be a doable route and crossed our fingers headed slowly down.From the divide between Cottonwood Ck and South Fork of Sweetgrass Ck
Glacier Lake, our destination to rejoin a trail- we saw seven mountain goats on our route down, it's not often that your above goats
We finally made it, but it took two hours to cover two miles! The South Fork of Sweetgrass lying below us
our next stop was Moose Lake- we took a good break and ate our lunch- we're in 11.5 miles now
after Moose Lake we had to make another steep climb, it gains 800' in a mile
looking down at Moose Lake
we finally made it to Campfire Lake
we checked several anglers at the lake, this guy caught a lunker of a cutthroat
another long climb (our last!) out of Campfire to get to the divide above Tresspass Ck
looking down on Campfire Lake
13 hours later, not too worse for the wear
