Hilary and I headed up to the Killdeer Mountains today. Both of us having an affinity for the mountains in New England (and not the ND town) were skeptical about these so called mountains. While they are a far cry from mountains they did challenge us with grade, wind, terrain and hail.
We hiked up the Medicine Hole trail and without a doubt this is in my top 4 favorite things I have done in North Dakota and should not be missed.
The views over the plains are impressive and expansive.
The Killdeer Mountain range is lovely in its lively greens and dramatic changes in grade.
The Medicine Hole itself is poorly marked, a strange and odd element, even a bit quirky with an interesting and mysterious history that has been relatively ignored in modern research.
The trail ends at a farm gate in a simple dreamy fashion.
The Logistics: Head north of Killdeer on Hwy 22 and you will begin to see signs, follow those north west till you turn down a ranch road. At the end of the road you will see a farm house to your right and a "parking area" straight/ left. Park there and head south over a cow grate, into a camping area. Past the camping area still heading south you will find yourself on the path. Its about 1 mile up to the top, not very well marked, but if you stay to the left most of the way you will be on the correct trail, if you pick the wrong trail its not hard to turn back, or do some intensive climbing forward, all paths lead to the top.
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