Only a few miles north of Cora we entered Grizzly Bear country. The summer of 2000 saw a number of livestock being killed by the bears.
Right along the road we stopped at Kendall Warm Spring which is the only stream in the world where the dace (fish)(Rhinichthys Osculus Thermalis)is found. We walked up to where the water came out of the hill and the temp was probably in the upper 80's and it felt quite nice on a cold morning.
Lots of cows along the road to Square Top
We parked near the campground and hiked around the lake. We went clockwise around the lake.
Views of the Green river and of Square Top from the start of the trail
View of Square Top from the East side of the lake.
Clear Creek
A Moose cow that we ran into along the trail between the lakes. Of all of the Moose that we saw on this trip she was the most agressive of them all. We gave her lots of room.
We stopped and had lunch on the Northern end of the small lake at the bottom of the map above. Very good views of Square Top Mountain.
Heading over to the west side of the larger lake. This was fly fishing heaven.
Along the way back I looked off of the trail and spotted three bull Moose. Amazing that they were so close to each other at this time of year. We kept our distance but they did not seem concerned that we were in their area.
Some of the views on the way back.
31 miles back to Elkhart Park
A view of Square Top from the road along the Green
Right next to Kendall Warn Springs we took a look at Stinky Spring. Not something that you would want to swim in.
