In this section we were trying to get through it as fast as possible to make it to our next town, Lincoln, MT. We had already been on the trail for 7 days from East Glacier, and we had 3 more days ahead of us. But of course, the weather had other plans for us. We hiked out of Benchmark in areas that were marked by fires from 1989. We wondered through matchstick forests over increasingly larger passes. We finally got our chance to camp/walk directly on the divide, which is so incredibly breathtaking. We were, however, held up one day when we found ourselves at 7000 feet in the middle of a huge lightening/thunder/hail/rain storm. We huddled in the small trees to try and escape the hail for ~30 minutes. Then we got smart and ran for cover about 200 feet downhill and set up our tent to wait out the storm and dry off. The storm didn't pass until late evening so we hoped for the best the next day. Turns out we got our sun and it was a very good thing because we still had 2000 feet of elevation to gain that day. We climbed our first major summit, Caribou Peak, reaching over 8900 feet. We also found that while the the views were beautiful from the divide, they lacked one thing, WATER! This issue of no water sources would prove to be a problem for miles to come.
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