Jessup River Wild Forest in the Town of Lake Pleasant
Day 29 takes the project deep into Hamilton County with a backcountry trek into Fawn Lake, tucked inside the Jessup River Wild Forest in the Town of Lake Pleasant.
The trail made for a quiet, snowy late-afternoon hike, carefully timed to reach the shoreline just as the light began to drop. Arriving at the water’s edge, the sun was descending behind the mountain ridges to the southwest, casting cold, delicate twilight tones across the frozen perimeter and open water. With only one day left in the series, capturing that quiet backcountry dusk felt like the right way to close out the late-month wilderness excursions.