{"id":1779,"date":"2016-06-29T18:59:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T00:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2018-06-07T12:07:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T18:07:55","slug":"continental-divide-exploring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professorontherun.com\/?p=1779","title":{"rendered":"Continental Divide Exploring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While visiting at a family cabin near West Yellowstone, I took the chance to explore a bit on a trail I had hiked briefly back in 2007ish. The Sawtell Peak Trail in the Bitterroot Range \/ Centennial Mountains does not go to Sawtell Peak. Rather, it meanders west of it for a while right along the continental divide. This divide also serves as the Montana-Idaho border, so step on one side of the ridge line and you&#8217;re in Idaho, step on the other and you&#8217;re in Montana. Very cool. I hiked it a bit with the Mrs., plus our bro- and sis-in-law Gregg and Rachael. When we hit the ridge that goes west up to Jefferson Peak, I convinced them to leave the trail (which goes to the basin and a small lake just NE of the peak) to try and bag it. We didn&#8217;t make it far, but it was a fun adventure. On the way back I wanted to hit Browers Spring, the contested headwaters of the Missouri River, which is just about 1\/4 mile off the trial, but we didn&#8217;t have time for that either. Next time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/624639109\/embed\/50684a5d5a79c18c33a4d57a1f90099ba8f09a92\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1782\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1782 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20160629_134735782_iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_134735782_iOS.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking north up the contintental divide as it branches off the trail. Down the basin to the right (SW) is the Missouri River headwaters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1783\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1783 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS-1024x324.jpg?resize=640%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20160629_142317654_iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C324&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS.jpg?resize=300%2C95&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS.jpg?resize=768%2C243&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS.jpg?resize=604%2C191&amp;ssl=1 604w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_142317654_iOS.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking northeast-ish, Henry&#8217;s Lake in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1785\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1785 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20160629_145604358_iOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professorontherun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/darkgoldenrod-hedgehog-874350.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160629_145604358_iOS.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking West up the Mt. Jefferson ridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While visiting at a family cabin near West Yellowstone, I took the chance to explore a bit on a trail I had hiked briefly back in 2007ish. The Sawtell Peak Trail in the Bitterroot Range \/ Centennial Mountains does not go to Sawtell Peak. Rather, it meanders west of it for a while right along the continental divide. 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