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The Snowy Range

 Out of order, as usual, but I blog when the mood strikes me... If I told anyone what I did for Labor Day weekend without explaining the reasoning behind it, it would have made absolutely no sense. It still probably won't make sense to anyone but me.  I planned on hiking in my new favorite mountain range on Friday and spending the night in Idaho Falls that night. That was kind of out of the way, but it was about an hour from the beginning of this dirt road that I planned to drive on Saturday. The road traverses the mountains from north to south, so I figured I'd do some more exploring and hiking off that road, then head home Saturday night.  My hike on Friday was a FAIL. There were multiple trails leaving from the parking lot. It looked like the waterfall was located on the southernmost trail, so that's the one I chose. (Oh, I should mention that my new thing is just choosing trailheads from the Forest Service site that have no information about them.) The wide, obvious tra