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Sharing a journal of my backpacking trip to =AZWJ_oQwtLb1m0-JESVHxpGlahtB-mgE-P3NpjHSg5TETFu8vlu61xmoyufDzTAqdwK4z6I6-7ykm2VNHCPYF0yAjhhtTdRQC6hwg6JFyLZ4z07AAcPgx49rrKWsfi85fy4QaOdPeHEkvxuW1f_HhfmAYPNhZEgeDpUiiC16kAofPA&__tn__=-]K-R']Glacier National Park starting the end of August through the...

With Jeff and Kurt the whole gang was with me in August. There was a low snowpack this winter so I was hopeful that I could get across the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Ever the nerd I was keeping track of the daily snow melt and runoff into the river. The river level was a bit higher...

July 26-28, 2024 Now that we're solidly in shoulder season, it's time for me to get going on my trip reports from this past summer. In truth, I should have done them earlier, but here we are! Jessica and I have been married for ten years now. Due to a fairly busy early summer, combined with my...

I have to admit. I am obsessed and focused on hiking as many miles of trails in Glacier National Park as a day hiker can. With advancing age and limited opportunity I am feeling the pressure. Years ago I obtained from (Hike 734, @Jake Bramante) an Excel spreadsheet of all sections of the...

Chandlerwest's post about Glacier got me thinking about our recent trip to the National Park. My daughter and son-in-law had to back out due my daughter's knee surgery, so it was just my son and I as we left Northern California after work on Friday. We drove up through Oregon, Washington, and...

I have tried to think of some witty reason as to why this trip report is a year late. I got nothing. At this second, the best I have is I was a bit down after the August week. We were able to ford the Middle Fork of the Flathead but I didn't force that agenda. I turned 65 so maybe that...

10 days after returning from my Grebe Lake trip, it was time to head back to Yellowstone for my usual September trip, this time to the Specimen Creek drainage in the northwest corner of the park. I've been doing this trip for years with some of my coworkers or former coworkers, with the usual...

Quick overnighter before weather sets in...... Crisp, no people, but no wildlife either

June 23, 2024 I haven't put a day hike on here in a while, and I figured we don't get much from the Bridgers on here, so here we go! Set out to "run" up Middle Cottonwood Canyon outside of Bozeman this morning. I forgot how much elevation was involved, which was probably for the best because I...

UP AGAINST THE WALL I woke to light rain on the morning of day 7. In between showers I managed to cook and eat breakfast and pack up. It rained off and on as I followed the trail up the Burnt Creek valley towards its headwaters at the base of the Chinese Wall. As I neared treeline, the...

In part 2, I bushwhacked and scrambled to the top of The Chinese Wall. I then got myself into a situation that wasn't quite a survival situation, but could have been with 1-2 more bad decisions. Later, I encountered a backpacker that was having a medical emergency. I called for help using my...

This was a 8 day trip that started at the same place as the 1980 trip, the Chief Joseph Trailhead. We stayed on the Beaten Path to Russel Lake, thence to Mariane where we camped two nights with a day trip up past Red Rock Lakes to Summit Mountain. The third night was spent at Big Butte Lake, the...

I have recently taken up the task of scanning my slides from the last century. Most of these were Kodachrome 25 which neither of my two dedicated slide scanners much appreciated but which the flat plate scanner seems to do an acceptable job-just really slow. This was a 1980 trip through the...

I like visiting Yellowstone during the month of September, and was fortunate to make a return trip in 2023 after the epic August Thorofare adventure. @scatman had invited me and good friend Cody for a couple nights he planned near the Gallatin River. Brother Patrick ( @CajunPoncho ) was...

Spring - Fall 2023 Here's something a little different. I'm posting it in "off-road" because I generally covered ground that would fall into this category if I had been in a motor vehicle. A bike's a vehicle, just with me as the motor instead, so I'm counting it. It's side country rather than...

Weather is nice, decided to take a three day road trip from home, thru the East Entrance Yellowstone, Cody, Sunlight, Cooke City and back. Visited the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum on the way... Views from lake Point Headed out of the Park East Headed down the South Fork of the...

It was time for my annual September trip into Yellowstone. This years destination was campsite WB1, located on the Gallatin River in the northwest quadrant of the Park. As in the past, on this trip we would set up a base camp at WB1, with one day hike to Big Horn Pass, and a second day hike to...

September 7-9, 2023 I met up with some friends from Jackson and Spokane for a quick trip to the Pintlers in early September. We planned a lollipop loop on the SW end of the range with a small bit off trail. We met up on Friday night at the Pintler Campground. We snagged the last available spot...

I've been trying to get out to the Bob Marshall Wilderness for a number of years now - I'm happy to say I finally made it. For the third year in a row, I was able to join up with @travel2walk and we had a fantastic trip. I will say, despite my love for September/October backpacking, if I go back...

July 2-3, 2023 I've got a backlog of a few trips to work through, and here's the first one. This was the first backpacking trip I went on this summer. Was supposed to be for two nights, but ended up only being one for me due to dog issues. We usually do a trip around July 4 so we can avoid...