Extended Family Camping trip at Yellowstone. We stayed at the KOA (sort of camping), but the nice advantage of that was the close proximity of the Lionhead trail system. I found a trailhead with a map yesterday on my exploring and mapped out a run up to Lionhead mountain. I started at Targhee Pass trailhead and followed the continental divide trail all over the mountain. It was mostly atv and snowmobile trails, but they were in great shape and as I found out never used. I never saw a single person on any of my runs. Ever. Even campers and hikers. Nobody. I did see two large elk though on this run. This run was quite an animal. I had to leave the trail and find my own way up to the peak since the atv trail didn't and I had to go to the top. T- 2:50 (8:57) 4500' climb Spent the rest of the day in the Park checking out the sights. * Huge week despite taking tuesday off. Crazy vertical (PR for me) 15,000' 77.5 miles Here are some photos I took with my camera phone 
Lots of uphill at the start 
Lionhead Peak in the distance 
You can just make out my trail I need to follow 
Final scramble up to the saddle 
View of Bald Peak from the saddle 
View of Hebgen Lake from the summit of Lionhead (9624') 
Looking back up at what I came down  What a view!
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