Up for a lookout
It was a cool morning, so I had a lazy start, drinking coffee and listening to country music on the drive up, passing Cottonwood Lakes and bouncing on the mostly good road until the road was blocked by snow. As often happens, however, this snow was not continuous, so past the drift I was on snow and off, working up the south face the Swan Range, and 90 minutes later was at the lookout. The Morrell Peak lookout is not on Morrell Peak itself, but a high point one bump south, which affords a commanding view of everywhere from Ovando the Bitterroot. The lookout, however, was still locked for the winter, so I continued along the ridge, gaining ground, until making the peak itself -- featureless from the south and piercing from the east and north.
