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Saturday, my wife and I headed up the small drainage north of the house to its headwater and then looped back down the divide on the two drainages to the south. Very windy, cloudy day but 50 something degrees. The first half to 3/4 mile was on logging road but all the remainder was off-trail...

Here is a short report of a 5 day backpacking loop I did in Glacier National Park. Joining me was my youngest brother Andrew, who is exactly 11 years younger than me (we share the same birthday), and his best friend Sterling, who is pretty much like another brother to us. After years of...

Scenic Trip Through Glacier National Park in June 2014 My wife, her friend, and I drove from Idaho Falls to northern Montana and spent several days in the park. As we made our way along the Flathead River, it became apparent that the area received a large amount of rain/snow over the past few...

Or home on the range-Bridger Range that is. A random thread of photos on or from "the place". The historic stuff: great grandmother (third from right), grandmother (5th from right) and her brothers and sisters along with spouses. About 1930. All the structures still exist. 1949, taken...

We did this day trip several years back on a late, not too nice, October day. Access here is usually from Harrison, MT on US 287. Thence on MT 283 to Pony, MT. Pony is an old mining town and although a shell of its former self, it has never made ghost town status in my definition of that...

While this trip covered some of the same ground as my previous North Meadow Creek TR (http://backcountrypost.com/forum/threads/tobacco-root-north-meadow-creek-trip.3702/), we also visited the McKelvey Lakes side. As with most trips we do here, access was via Swayback Road, up Hot Springs Creek...

Mill Creek actually runs through the town of Sheridan, MT on its journey to the Ruby River southwest of town. Access to the upper drainage is via Mill Creek Road which becomes FS Road 111 about 4.5 miles to the east. It proceeds northeast approximately 6 miles to a developed campground at...

Our most recent foray into this area was the second week of July. Like a lot of our trips, this one included some off-road Jeeping, backpacking, and hiking. Access to this area is via Sheridan, Montana on US 287. Wisconsin Creek Road (FS 157 at forest boundary) exits US 287 about 3 miles west...

The day before we did the Roots trip (June 30), we left our place (in the rain), drove about 20 miles north to Pass Creek, over Flathead Pass, down Flathead Creek Road to MT 86. We took a diversion off 86 onto FS 74 (Fairy Lake Road) and ate lunch on Fairy Creek. The final leg was down Bridger...

Access to this area is via Sheridan, Montana on US 287. Wisconsin Creek Road (FS 157 at forest boundary) exits US 287 about 3 miles west of Sheridan or you can take a short cut directly from town if approaching from the east. The Noble Fork Road (FS 8300) splits from FS 157 approximately 6...

My wife and I met a couple from BC for a couple of days of seat time in our "antique" Jeeps. Day 2 was a Roots trip (day 1 was Bridger Range). We left our place and headed for North meadow Creek via the Revenue flats. At Sterling on Swayback Road. Sterling remains a mystery to me. I have...

As with other areas in the South Boulder River drainage, access is via the Cardwell exit on Interstate 90, and thence about 5 miles south on Montana Highway 359. County/FS Road 107 exits MT 359 at the South Boulder River bridge and proceeds past the old mining town of Mammoth and eventually...

Curly Lake/Curly Creek is another location in the South Boulder River Drainage of the Tobacco Roots. Contrary to the dead end trails in most of this area, it is possible to traverse two different loops and thus this area is very popular with the mountain bike fraternity. The two primary access...

Access to this trail head (FS 7150) is identical to that for the Louise Lake Trail. "Access to the upper reaches of the South Boulder River is via Cardwell on Interstate 90 via about 5 miles of Montana Highway 359. County/FS Road 107 exits MT 359 at the South Boulder River bridge and proceeds...

This drainage is another place on our annual visit list. Access is via South Meadow Creek Road that exits US 287 at McAllister, MT (Madison County). South Meadow Creek Road becomes FS Road 1221 about a mile below the Missouri-McKee Mine or about 3 miles below South Meadow Creek Lake (largest...

While I covered the backpacking portion of our recent trip there (http://backcountrypost.com/forum/threads/tobacco-root-north-meadow-creek-trip.3702/), part of the fun available with that location is certainly the Jeep trail that wasn't given much coverage in that thread. Here is 40 something...

This area is nice for either a short backpack trip or a day hike. Access is off of US 212, approximately 9 miles south of Red Lodge, Montana. The turn off is right at the bottom of the switchbacks out of Rock Creek past the FS Parkside and Limberpine camp grounds and after crossing the creek...

My wife and I did this "over-nighter" last weekend. Access to the upper reaches of the South Boulder River is via Cardwell on Interstate 90 via about 5 miles of Montana Highway 359. County/FS Road 107 exits MT 359 at the South Boulder River bridge and proceeds past the old mining town of...

We bailed out of town Friday, Sept 19th at about 2 pm for another foray to North Meadow Creek (Madison County, MT) after getting snowed out of there over Labor Day weekend. This time the weather was as perfect as it can get but it did test the limits on my 15 degree rated sleeping bag and I had...

This was a late July 2012 trip consisting of my wife, I, and a couple of friends we have been backpacking/Jeeping with for 4 decades. As far as Beartooth trips go, we wimped out on this one. Like more than a few of our adventures, this one combined off-roading with a lot of hiking. In this...