Big Timber Creek flows 30 miles from its headwaters in Montana’s Crazy Mountains to the Yellowstone River. The creek has cut many channels and chutes that, in turn, create numerous cascades and falls, including the 100-foot falls that bears its name.
But it’s the power and abundance of the water that thrills me when we visit. On our last visit, we sat for a long time at Big Timber Creek Falls, captivated by its roar and dwarfed by its power. When we continued on, along a trail through the conifers, I was taken by the presence of water everywhere.
We stopped often to view noisy cascades as well as quiet rivulets alongside the trail. Sometimes the trail used shallow streambeds, and we stepped from rock to rock. The spray from the creek and the water from numerous tributaries fed the flowers. In one meadow, we sat in silence, mesmerized, and watched colorful blossoms nurture bees and butterflies. And, of course, there were the Twin Lakes where we ended our hike stunned by the quiet lake nestled among snow-streaked peaks and reflecting Montana’s big sky.
I hope you enjoy this short video capturing some of the wild moments from a hike that helped me start my return to loving the wild.
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