Spring Visit to Devil's Backbone, Boone County, Missouri

Four months after my winter visit to Devil's Backbone, I returned on a beautiful May afternoon to explore a little bit more. Without ice and snow to interfere, I hiked down the trail as far as legally possible. Again, the scenery was amazing.

Winter Visit to Devil's Backbone, Boone County, Missouri

I had wanted to check out Devil's Backbone for a while, so on a cold January day after a bit of a snowfall, I drove out to the site just to the southeast of Columbia Regional Airport. Devil's Backbone is a ridge surrounded by a loop of Cedar Creek at the boundary with Callaway County. I've read that some of the cliffs are nearly 200 feet high!