Yesterday we hiked Sheep Mountain, aka the Sleeping Indian, from Flat Creek Road out of Jackson. This is one of the most fun hikes we've done in a while.
Rosie hiking back to the trailhead after we overshot it on Flat Creek Road. It's not a maintained trail so the trailhead is hard to find.
The views of the Tetons are awesome.
Sheep Mtn has a big flat area near the top, like the Alpine Garden or Tablelands on Washington or Katahdin, respectively.
Sammy's keeping watch out for pikas.
360 panorama from the summit.
A heart shaped rock Rosie found on the way up. Awww!
Now Sammy is holding the heart rock. AWWWW!
Red hills, and a lavender hill.
In 1996 an Air Force C-130 cargo plane took off from JAC and crashed into Sheep Mountain, killing all on board. There are still bits of rubble everywhere, including shattered safety glass, fiberglass bits, hoses, and blobs of melted plastic and metal.
Here are some videos of Sammy, for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of hiking with him.
Sammy running fast downhill, at 240 frames/s.
Sammy chasing a chipmunk. He leaps and pounces wildly and we'll try to capture this better in a future video.
Trotting it back to the car.
Done. Photo from a couple winters ago from the Mellions' condo. The snow really makes it look like a sleeping indian wearing a headdress, with arms crossed over his chest. We were up at the highpoint at left.
About 10-11 miles, and 4400 vertical feet of climbing.
beautiful video! Didn't know that Sammy's ears and tongue flapped so gracefully as he ran!
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