absaroka range

HOMEWARD BOUND It was smoky again on the morning of day 11 (Tuesday). I packed up and hiked back up the trail towards Marston Pass. The trail is pretty easy, and it was still scenic despite the conditions. The wind was howling when I reached Marston Pass, but I had lunch there anyway...

BACK ON TOP (OF THE WORLD) The wind was still howling when I got up Monday morning. It was still smoky, too. At least the weather forecast looked good. I packed up and headed back up Senecio Creek. This time I stayed on the River Left side to avoid deadfall, which was much smoother. I...

ONE BAD DECISION, ONE GOOD I managed to get up at 6:30 and on the trail by 8:45, which is, sadly, pretty good for me. I hiked through the meadow to rejoin the trail where I’d found it the previous evening. Parting view. My campsite was in the stand on trees on the far right. From there I...

Does anyone recognize this waterfall? HELLSCAPE I woke to the smell of smoke. Uh oh. I was hoping to make it through the trip without wildfire smoke intruding on the scenery, but it was bound to find me eventually. The smoke had moved in overnight and sunk into the valley. I wasn’t sure...

September 13-15, 2024 Continuing with the old trip reports since the covid isn't gone yet, here's one I did in September on Pebble Creek in Yellowstone. I had just finished up at a 3-day work conference at Fairmont Hot Springs, so I went home to grab my mostly pre-packed gear and headed toward...

Thanks to a "Look What You've Been Missing..." email from this website I read Scatman's post on Jay Creek. Having also visited Jay Creek for the first time this year-- but in different conditions-- I got inspired to do this, my first trip report. I hope you enjoy. To set the scene: It was...

Trip report with myself, Scatman and my good friend Gary...... mostly pictures. Started from the Turpin Meadows TH Approaching Two Ocean Heading up Jay Creek Lots of willows Around here was the end of the known trail........ no trail the rest of the way till we got to North...

Excellent trip reports of our Hidden Creek/Teton Wilderness trip have been posted by @b.stark , @Georgia Yankee , @scatman , and @Bob . I know @wsp_scott takes a little longer to post his reports and I think @futurafree took about five pictures the entire trip, so I might as well take my turn...

Starting up to Deer Creek Pass ..... The two that were not crazy enough to hike the 10 miles of 4000 ft verical gain. Bob and b.Stark. South Fork of the Shoshone River Deer Creek Well used trail.. From the top, b.stark and I headed to the NF of Butte Creek Saddle to drop into the...

A week after returning from my Jay Creek trip, I was on the road again heading to Cody, Wyoming for another eight day backpacking trip. The last time that I had been to Cody was almost 30 years ago when I did a backpacking trip into Canoe Lake on the east side of Yellowstone National Park...

I had been planning a trip starting in the western Teton Wilderness and exiting somewhere along hwy 287 when I saw talk of a trip up Hidden Creek by members of this forum. I thought I might try to see Hidden Creek on my trip, and we were going to be up there around the same time, so I asked if...

I've had Jay Creek on my bucket list for a couple of decades now and last month I had the opportunity to explore the drainage. @Bob had sent me a route earlier in the year that reached Yellowstone Point from Turpin Meadow. I asked Bob if it were okay to alter his route and go up Jay Creek...

Going to throw together a report of sorts for the 2024 trip that was just completed by several forum members. Roster was as follows: @Bob @scatman @TractorDoc @wsp_scott @futurafree And myself. Most honorable mention to @Georgia Yankee who met up with us along the Thorofare creek...

SUNFLOWERS We got up early the next morning and broke camp. I finished off my oatmeal and instant coffee, which was a bit disappointing considering that we were only a few miles from Dubois. Since we finished our backpacking trip a day early, we had a full day to kill. We decided to make...

SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC “It's very far away It takes about half a day To get there If we travel by my... Dragonfly No it's not in Spain But all the same You know It's a groovy name And the wind's just right Hey Hang on my darling Hang on if you want to go You know it's really groovy place And...

THE GREAT DIVIDE We broke camp early the next day. It was a gorgeous morning, with beautiful clouds. We enjoyed a colorful sunrise and a few final views of the waterfall below. We returned to the trail and headed back east. We made good time until we found ourselves above Lost Creek. This...

TWO OCEAN Wednesday morning was a little warmer, but I still had breakfast up on the hill in the light of the rising sun. We packed up afterwards and hiked back down past North Fork Falls. From there we backtracked another 3 ½ miles to the junction with the North Buffalo Two Ocean Trail /...

I might have to say that this was the best backpacking trip as far as weather was concerned that I've been on. Temperatures were right around sixty degrees and sunny during the day, with night time lows right around twenty five. My trips to the Teton Wilderness over the Columbus Day Weekend...

This report is a complement to @Bob's wonderful write-up Teton Wilderness - 50 Miles of High Country. Originally this was supposed to be a trip to the Beartooths, where we had hoped to complete a lollipop loop into the teeth of the Tooths so to speak. Unfortunately, mother nature had other...

After the Yellowstone floods washed out our access to the Beartooth's, Scat had me send him some of the 50M routes I have in my archives...... we settled on a Teton Wilderness route I modified to fit 5 nights. Day started driving to the Trailhead in rain, should say buckets of rain..... but by...