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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...

My wife and I did a loop in the Tooth's last summer starting and ending at the Chief Joseph trail head just east of Cooke City. We utilized the Russell Creek trail, camping the first night between Ouzel and Bald Knob Lakes. Day 1 Broadwater River 100 yards from the trail head. Kersey Lake...

After a while patrolling the Cloud Peak Wilderness I had six days off. A glorious chance to rest and relax and recoup! Well sorta. My family was having their annual week long trip to Glacier National Park and if I hurried I could make the tail end of it. So leaving Buffalo WY around 2 with a...

Way back in my previous life I spent a summer living in Glacier Park. I took whatever job was available that would allow me to actually live IN the park. I ended up waiting tables at Lake McDonald lodge. The job was not the best but the benefits were SOOO GOOD. I worked about 3 shifts a week and...

Well, I'm a little behind on my trip reports, so here's one from a trip I took to the Beartooths at the end of August 2012. My wife and I had planned to take a three day weekend to hike a 14er in Colorado. However, Tracy was pretty shot from the weekend before at Spider Lake, and I had a long...

The purpose of this trip was 3-fold. First, Alene's brother was graduating from the University of Montana so her family was meeting up in Missoula to attend the graduation. Second, Alene grew up in Missoula so it was an opportunity for her to show me where she grew up. Three, we were going to be...

September 2009 I just put a shell on my new Tacoma and to break it in we joined up with some friends for one of the traditional trips to the Island Park area and Hidden Lake in Montana. We spent the first night at a cabin right on the Henry's Fork Snake River in Island Park. It was really...