Where Is the Turn-Off Into the “Seldom-Entered Canyon? “

…. “It’s looking bad for Chris. For a while he was way ahead of me and now he sits under a tree and rests. He doesn’t look at me, and that’s how I know it’s bad. .. I sit down next to him and his expression is distant. His face is flushed and I can see he’s exhausted. We sit and listen to the wind through the pines. .. I know eventually he’ll get up and keep going but he doesn’t know this, and is afraid to face the possibility that his fear creates: that he may not be able to climb the mountain at all. I remember something Phædrus had written about these mountains and tell it to Chris now.“ [Here, Chris hears the story about the moose. This takes his mind off his troubles.]
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Grassy Area Not Far From Cottonwood Creek, Gallatin National Forest, MT
As already mentioned in a previous photo => At first I thought WayPt = N+C 05 or 06, might be where the Narrator turns into the smaller, seldom entered canyon. But this route did not fit the Narrator's overall Story,
….Further study of Topo Maps, showed Fox Creek Canyon is large enough, that it well fits a Climb Trail into "seldom entered canyon". Indeed, Fox Creek Canyon well fits the Narrator’s earlier statement "Just up above the top of the ridge the snow can be seen now. On foot it’s many days away though. The rocks below it are too steep for a direct hiking climb, particularly with the heavy loads we are carrying, and Chris is way too young for any kind of ropes-and- pitons stuff. "
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…..Then the Narrator continues with these very important clues, as to the nature of ridge approach edge =>.] "We must cross over the forested ridge we are now approaching, .... "
….Does he mean their current trail point is on the side of that ridge (albeit they are low near stream) and that there is a later high portion of it, that they will cross over to get to the snow? .... " enter another canyon, follow it to its end and then come back at an upward angle along to the ridge. Three days hard to the snow. Four days easy."
…. Either way, we can seein these statements, specific identifiable parts of their route up! Important clues!! And these points are to be on that ridge, are in a straight line to the snow! Excellent “clues” for field verification!!

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(Photo = September 2006 0145 ...... ZMM Page = 179 ...... WayPt = N+C 08 = 4.59 mi fm DeWeese.)
NOTICE = > N+C 08, is on the Northeast Side, of Upper Cottonwood Canyon, and leads to small ruts leading up an UN-Named Gully. You can see this on my Topo map, showing the “Close Series N+C 71 thru 77 and beyond.