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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...