Hiking with my kids to a waterfall in Montana’s Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness

Today we went on a hike in Montana's Absaroka Beartooth Mountains. This hike is a quick and easy three mile out and back hike that takes you to a waterfall. We brought the carrier for her. So far not needed it yet. We're about a mile in maybe. Hopefully she'll get to the end. This area was hit by a bad windstorm in the fall which created microbursts that knocked down a lot of trees. Microbursts kind of suck because they destroy a lot of trees but it also opens up the view. My brother is a deputy in the area that I live in and on this particular hike back in winter I think there are a couple of European hikers out here. They called 9-1-1 because apparently a bear, a black bear, was stalking them. So my brother and another deputy had to come out and help bring them down off the trail because I think the people were just too nervous to keep going without help. I have my bear spray on always. This hike is easy enough for my four-year-old and two-year-old. My youngest did about 2.6 miles of it. It's an easy but rewarding hike.