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...
I'll preface this by saying I was bluff charged by a grizzly on day 2. I notified the BCO about the encounter after hiking out, and within a day or two they updated the backcountry situation report with an accurate location.
I've been wanting to hike this area ever since our first time...
Thanks to @ImNotDedYet I was able to join him and @Bob following @scatman’s Rescue Ck hike. We lit out just before 2p with a little under 5 miles to walk. It was a very pleasant stroll along the old two track of a trail in lovely weather. We landed in camp near 5:30, set up and ate right off and...
Made it up to Yellowstone for another (semi) annual winter trip. This one didn't go quite as planned - the forecast was not great, so I knew I'd need to be flexible. A lot more snow this year than last year at the same time. Friday - and to a lesser extent Saturday - saw the area get even more...
Hello everyone
This was an awesome backpacking trip in Montana's mighty Bob Marshall wilderness.
7/15/22 - 7/23/22
The goal of the trip was to walk the top of the Chinese Wall. This was a phenomenal bug-free trip with some great friends. Every photo is just a screen grab from my video below...
July 15-17, 2022
This was originally going to be a trip to the Bob Marshall Wilderness, but circumstances rendered it so we didn't have enough time. You need probably 3 nights minimum for a decent trip in there. So we re-set our sights on the Mission Mountains nearby. Where we went is probably...
This was a "beat the rush" 3 day Labor Day outing on Birch Creek North of Dillon, Montana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Mountains_). Contrary to the usual Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest travel plans, the Pioneers appear to have been neglected thus far. We did not find any...
I probably have alluded to this previously but I am proudly declaring it today. I am a "Collector" of Glacier National Park trail miles. Circumstances, desire and life events have blessed me with the opportunity to visit Glacier over a 39 years period. I solely day hike so accumulating miles...