This time I went to Sheep Creek trail. The road to turn onto from Swan Valley highway is just a little before the huge reservoir on the right. There is a noticeable brown sign on the right indicating the turn off from the highway just before the turn.
The trail head is about 2 miles back in. This area didn't have as much snow as last week but was certainly more wooded than the other area. When I arrived at the trail head, I was definitely in solitude and felt a little uneasy hiking alone this particular spot. If I had someone else with me then this would have been a great trail to check out. I got back in my car and drove back down the road a little bit. This is where I decided to climb a mountain off to the side that was very much in the open to reduce what I thought the chance of running into some dangerous wildlife.
I parked my car right after the intersection to continue on Forest Road 260. With the car parked on the right side of the road, I got out and started the climb up the mountain to the right. It felt cool to not be on a trail and do some free hiking. This was the interesting part. I thought a more open area would be a less of a chance to run into wildlife but I actually ran into a pack of 10 deer that were together about midway up which I took a video of.
The top of this particular point was beautiful to see and I sat at the top for a bit. I had full bars of signal for my phone which was amusing to me and very convenient to send pictures to friends and family. The way up was steep and I definitely had to consider my steps and be careful going up at some parts. I had to do the same coming down the mountain.
Overall I really liked this activity. It was different than I planned to do but that's what made it fun and adventurous. This was about a half days worth of an activity and I was back in Rexburg at about 12:30 PM. I left earlier in the morning around 8:30 AM.
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