June 30 Storms Caused More than Just Hail Damage

Here is an email from a local viewer, talking about the impacts to the forest from the June 30 storms:

I am the west zone trails supervisor for the Gallatin NF, and these are some photos from our attempts to reopen several trails in the Spanish Peaks this last week.

The microburst that hit these occurred just after the big June 30th hail storm, and it must have been a whopper. If you have any info on wind speeds, or anything related to this event, from the NWS I would be very interested to know what went on up there. These photos show a glimpse of what is several thousand acres that were blown down in that area, and the 401 trail from Spanish Creek to Ennis Lake is still not open and completely impassable from the Cherry Crk. ford going west.

We did manage to open the 408, and we opened 401 west of the 408 junction. I thought you all might enjoy seeing nature's handiwork, as I follow the Heard blog fairly often, and I see user pics in there occasionally.