Hi everyone. My boyfriend and I are hiking Eagle Rock Loop in early December. I have hiked and camped on the Little Missouri Trail about 5 times, but have never done the full loop. When I look at other suggestions for the loop, many people say to start at the little Missouri falls trailhead and go counter clockwise to do the Athens-big fork trail first, since it’s the most difficult. I need some advice on which route to take with our schedule.

The earliest we can start our hike is Friday around 11:30a due to my work schedule. We plan to complete the trail by Sunday midday/evening, as I have to work Monday morning.

Because of this, we’d originally planned to start at Albert Pike, hike all of Little Missouri Trail on Friday and camp as close to the start of Athens-Big Fork as possible.…