Lone Pine/Herron Park Challenge begins
Jack Beard, of Kalispell, takes Phoebe, left, and Sky for a walk at Lone Pine State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 2. Beard was participating in the Lone Pine/Herron Park Challenge that asks participants to reach the top of either park 30 times in the 31 days of October and to document each visit on social media. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Robert Rigg, of Kalispell, goes for a run at Lone Pine State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Robert Rigg, of Kalispell, signs his name for the Lone Pine/Herron Park Challenge before going for a run at Lone Pine State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The Lone Pine/Herron Park Challenge asks participants to reach the top of either park 30 times in the 31 days of October and to document each visit on social media. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Low clouds move across Kalispell from an overlook at Lone Pine State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Two plastic bags containing instructions, papers to sign your name and writing utensils are tucked into a rock cairn for the Lone Pine/Herron Park Challenge at Lone Pine State Park on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The Lone Pine/Herron Park Challenge asks participants to reach the top of either park 30 times in the 31 days of October and to document each visit on social media. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The Lone Pine/Herron Park Challenge now underway encourages participants to hike to the top of Lone Pine or Herron Park lookout 30 times in 31 days during October.
The unique directive, left in plastic bags along the trails, instructs people to take a picture of themselves on top of either hill with a rock with their numbered day on that rock and post it on Facebook or Instagram. The instructions also encourage hikers to leave encouraging notes for their friends.
“No matter what the conditions, or what time it is, or however busy you get...there are no excuses,” the challenge instructions note.