Ruins of the old Scotia Iron Furnace Stack, built in 1870. The short turn-off trail to the smelter is hard to see and blocked by downed trees.

Trail between the bluffs and the Courtois Creek on a Sunday hike in January.

Courtois Creek crossing on the Courtois Section section of the Ozark Trail. The water was only about a foot deep as usual but cold.

Lunch break on the bluffs overlooking the Huzzah valley.

"Canoehenge," something fun and unexpected at Ozark Outdoors, Leasburg, Missouri.

Forest power line cut while hiking 13 miles on the Ozark Trail, Courtois Section from Hazel Creek TH to Berryman Campground with friends on a warm, sunny, first Saturday in March.

Spring on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail between the Harmon Spring TH and Berryman TH.

Pond on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail between the Harmon Spring TH and Berryman TH.

Frozen creek waterfall on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail between Harmon Spring TH and Berryman TH on a cold Saturday in February.

Hikers on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail hiking 13 miles from Harmon Spring TH to Berryman TH on a cold Saturday in February.

Hiked 10 miles on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail from Bass River Resort TH to Harmon Spring TH. Mostly a walk in the woods on a sunny Saturday in the 60s with a few rock formations and an old graveyard.

Hiking 12+ miles from Onondaga TH to Bass River Resort TH on the Courtois Section of the Ozark Trail on a single digit temp Saturday in January. No one fell in on the creek crossing.