Welcome to our gallery of photographs taken at Bell Mountain Wilderness, Iron County, Missouri. Click on a picture to see a larger version.
The Northern Trailhead parking lot is just a wide spot in the road.
2010 MSR Mutha Hubba tent in Ozarks woodland on a ridge in the Bell Mountain Wilderness.
2010 MSR Mutha Hubba tent in Ozarks woodland on a ridge in the Bell Mountain Wilderness.
Ginger getting breakfast ready sitting in our Mutha Hubba tent. Bell Mountain Trail, Missouri
The geology on this side of Missouri is very different to the Limestone Karst Geology we are used to
Granite Boulders – Bell Mountain Wilderness
Gary walking on the trail at Bell Mountain Wilderness. We were heading south and leading up to the mountain ridge’s hightest point, at 1702 feet.
Gary was listening to the weather radio while sitting next to a fire ring at the summit of Bell Mountain (1702 feet).
Pointless destruction at the campsite at the summit of Bell Mountain.
At the summit of Bell Mountain in Iron County, Missouri, we found this survey marker. It was hard to read. I think someone took the warning about defacing it as a challenge.
A survey marker at the summit of Bell Mountain Wilderness. Oddly, this was the second marker that I found, this one seemed to be a few feet higher than the other one.
Gary standing near the top of Bell Mountain looking over the valley of Shut-In Creek.
Gary near the summit of Bell Mountain in Iron County, Missouri
Glades near the summit of Bell Mountain
Glades near the summit of Bell Mountain
View from the tent – Bell Mountain Wilderness
We had hoped to camp at the top of Bell Mountain, there is a campsite there but it is very close to the trail, heavily used and rather gross, so we carried on.
Typical trail conditions – Bell Mountain Trail
Bell Mountain Trail
Bell Mountain Trail Fork
Typical Conditions on the Bell Mountain Trail
Wet spot on the Bell Mountain Trail
Checking the cans, we think this trash is from the seventies – which just goes to show how long trash that’s left in the wilderness will remain.
Another view of the same trash heap.
The trail here starts with a six hundred foot climb to the ridge – which is why we decided to use the trailhead on the other side of the Wilderness – it is on the ridge saving a lot of climbing.
Once we’d finished hiking back to the car we drove to the other trailhead to check it out. We had a very cold but welcome bath in the near-by Ottery creek.
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