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Geese on Roby Lake by the Roby Lake Trailhead for the Big Piney Trail in the Paddy Creek Wilderness, Mark Twain National Forest.
Abandoned chimney while hiking the Big Piney Trail in the Paddy Creek Wilderness, Mark Twain National Forest.
Hiking buddies on the bluffs overlooking Little Paddy Creek while hiking the Big Piney Trail in the Paddy Creek Wilderness, Mark Twain National Forest.
Bluffs overlooking Little Paddy Creek while hiking the Big Piney Trail in the Paddy Creek Wilderness, Mark Twain National Forest.
Small frozen waterfall while hiking the Big Piney Trail from the
Roby Lake Trailhead with friends on a cold Tuesday in February, Paddy Creek Wilderness.
View from Wildcat Mountain on a cold overcast Saturday while bushwack hiking from Taum Sauk Mountain.
Frozen Mina Sauk Falls on the Ozark Trail while doing a bushwhack from Taum Sauk Mountain to Wildcat Mountain to Proffit Mountain and passing the falls and Devil's Tollgate on the way back to Taum Sauk Mountain. A cold fun hike on a sub freezing breezy Saturday in February.
Cold sunny late afternoon hike by the pond in Rockwoods Reservation with Crick.
Stone tunnel under the Al Foster Trail below Bluff View Park.
Ruins of the old Scotia Iron Furnace Stack, built in 1870. The short turn-off trail to the smelter is hard to see and blocked by downed trees.
Trail between the bluffs and the Courtois Creek on a Sunday hike in January.
Courtois Creek crossing on the Courtois Section section of the Ozark Trail. The water was only about a foot deep as usual but cold.
Lunch break on the bluffs overlooking the Huzzah valley.
"Canoehenge," something fun and unexpected at
Ozark Outdoors, Leasburg, Missouri.
View of the Meramec River from the Vilander Bluff Trail in Onondaga Cave State Park. The trail is a 1.25 mile loop in good condition with some hills. The view of the river is not on the trail. Hiking the trail clockwise, when you get to the bench on top of the hill, follow the ridge to the left till you reach the bluffs overlooking the river.
Park Trails
Exploring box canyons in a fresh snow on MLK day at Don Robinson State Park.
Frozen waterfall while hiking the Whispering Pines Trail on a cold Sunday in Hawn State Park.
Hiking the Whispering Pines Trail on a cold Sunday in January at Hawn State Park.
Hiking the Whispering Pines Trail on a cold Sunday in Hawn State Park.
Hiking the Whispering Pines Trail on a cold Sunday in Hawn State Park.
Frozen Pickle Creek while hiking the Pickle Creek and Whispering Pines Trails on a cold Sunday in January at Hawn State Park.
The icicles were so clear they didn't look real on a cold single-digit Saturday morning hike at Hickory Canyons.
Ice climbers on a cold single-digit Saturday morning climbing a frozen waterfall in Hickory Canyons.
Icicles on a cold single-digit Saturday morning hike at Hickory Canyons.