Ok, today we are TOAST. No biking today, but we decided we needed to do something, so we hiked up the hill to the big “M” just outside of town.

Drove out to the trailhead, and headed up. And “up” is the operative word here. First of all, there are two trails (actually there are also several subtrails, but let’s go ahead and ignore those for this discussion), the hard one (VERY steep, and out in the open), and the not-so-hard one, which goes along the trees somewhat. Obviously, we opted for the not-so-hard one.

Well, not-so-hard it may be, but according to the literature we read, the trailhead is at 4,950 feet, and the M is at 5,800 feet, for a net 850 feet. The trail is 1.5 miles. Do the math – not-so-hard is still hard, especially after the brutal ride we had yesterday. BUT … going up was not actually so bad … the bad part? Coming down! Wow, that hurt my legs!

Here’s what the “M” looks like from Bozeman:

And here is what Bozeman looks like from M – iPhone for both photos:

We are parked just out of sight, hidden by the pine on the left, where the highway disappears. Yes, that’s a long way down!

Well, that pretty much wraps up Bozeman. Tomorrow – Missoula!