I visited the Devil's Chimney in the Sweet Grass Hills, finally

 

July 19, 2023

Gary Jensen, who organized the hike to Devil's Chimney, shows Steve Edwards the hole in the top of the cave forms the chimney. The entrance is about 50 feet below the top of the rock shelf in the picture.

Alert readers may recall my wife, Sherry, and I lived in Whitlash (north of Chester in the Sweet Grass Hills) while she served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church there. We lived in Whitlash from December, 2018 to July, 2020. All during that time, even before moving to the Hills, I heard people talk about the Devil's Chimney. The site is one of the most discussed places in the Hills (right up there with the Bears Den) and many locals as well as visitors from foreign countries have explored the cave.

While we lived in Whitlash I asked locals to take me to the cave. I got lots of promises to go...



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