Spearfish Canyon

6/12/2012          Hill City to Spearfish

Started out in Hill City, up Deerfield Lake Road till the pavement ends (Yeah!).

Went up Flag Mtn. to do a Geocache, a great 360* view. A few miles later we ran into a National Guard group doing maneuvers in the forest. From there it was all dirt until we got to Spearfish.

Had lunch at Culvers, did a Geocache and headed up Spearfish Canyon. Stopped at Roughlock Falls for a Geocache and to check out the falls, make sure to hike to the bottom, the view is awesome. Just after we got back to the car, a storm blew in and we had dime sized soft hail hitting the car. Had to turn on the defroster to keep the windows from fogging up due to the hail splatting on the windows. From Roughlock Falls we ran a mixture of pavement and dirt roads to get to Roubaix Lake on Hwy 385. A short drive on 385 took us back to Horse Creek Inn.
163 miles 50 - 60% dirt : )