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B. The trail junction of the Black Range Crest Trail and the Grand View Trail
is well signed at the saddle.
with its layers of moss and Iris is quite striking. It should be especially pretty in the spring when the flowers are in bloom.
We walked a half mile down the ravine and then decided to call it a day. I am pretty sure that the upper and lower trail descriptions provided here describe the natural history of the middle section of the trail which we did not visit.
As mentioned earlier, this is a trail you really have to want to walk. But if you are motivated and can put up with a hard go of it, it is well worth the effort.
C. The upper trail goes between these two large trees, a blaze can be seen about half way up the tree on the right.
E. Iris missouriensis, Rocky Mountain Iris, grows in the stream in this section. If the cattle have not destroyed everything it
37 should be quite beautiful in the spring.
