Pic: “The Beaten Path”. Custer Gallatin NF, MT
A lot of hikes, even epic ones, have unassuming starts: a gravel parking lot, a disused jeep trail, a thin brown line through some trees. Not East Rosebud Trail! It begins just above the shores of East Rosebud Lake with an immediate glimpse of the treasures that lie ahead.
From here, it was a quick three and a half miles and five hundred feet up to my base camp by Elk Lake.
Danger Beyond This Point 