At the entrance of the Mount Pisgah Campground is the trailhead of the Fryingpan Trail.
Started about 8:50 in the morning and returned to this same spot at around 12:15 PM.
On a hike like this, I wish I would have something other than a phone camera or a phone with better quality picture capabilities. All these flowering plants were more gorgeous seeing them with the human eye. I can only identify about two, and that would be the Tiger Lilly & Mountain Laurel. I just guess some of the other flowers are maybe Azalea, Dogwood and White Snakeroot.
Can you spot the Mountain Tree Monkey? This part of the trail is a plateau of 5180 feet. We soon descend down to the to the Fryingpan Gap.
After a mile hike through the narrow thick vegetation, it empties out at the Fryingpan Gap onto Forest Service Road 450. Here we take a sharp right and start to ascend to the Fryingpan Fire Tower. It's one of the most impressive views I have ever seen, though the surrounding area with some buildings and weather tower wasn't pretty to look at. But being at a height of 5721 feet plus on a fire tower, the view is priceless. The 6030-foot Cold Mountian to the West looks majestic.
Mountains are so beautiful!
We never had to use bug spray, and Aaron was able to cool off by taking his shirt off and using it as a bandana.
We made it back to our campsite at lunch time, then we spent the rest of our day wading or swimming at the Yellowstone Falls.
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