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A week after returning from my Jay Creek trip, I was on the road again heading to Cody, Wyoming for another eight day backpacking trip. The last time that I had been to Cody was almost 30 years ago when I did a backpacking trip into Canoe Lake on the east side of Yellowstone National Park...

We had 4 people enter the permit lottery on this one, only two of us got chosen, and one on the 3rd day. It was a bit of a frenzy to get campsites & piece this route together, but we were able to make it work. It was supposed to be a group of 5; Amber & myself, our friends who work at the Colter...

I had been planning a trip starting in the western Teton Wilderness and exiting somewhere along hwy 287 when I saw talk of a trip up Hidden Creek by members of this forum. I thought I might try to see Hidden Creek on my trip, and we were going to be up there around the same time, so I asked if...

I've had Jay Creek on my bucket list for a couple of decades now and last month I had the opportunity to explore the drainage. @Bob had sent me a route earlier in the year that reached Yellowstone Point from Turpin Meadow. I asked Bob if it were okay to alter his route and go up Jay Creek...

Last week, I had the opportunity to return to my all-time favorite backpacking region. From my previous trip there five years ago, I had memories of numerous gorgeous, deserted basins with easy off-trail travel between many of them. This time there were way more people (at least 10x as...

Going to throw together a report of sorts for the 2024 trip that was just completed by several forum members. Roster was as follows: @Bob @scatman @TractorDoc @wsp_scott @futurafree And myself. Most honorable mention to @Georgia Yankee who met up with us along the Thorofare creek...

It's been a while since I've posted a trip report - and there's a few worthy trips that precede this one I'd still like to write up at some point. (Including a really fun one from June w/ @Nethos in the Pecos Wilderness.) However, this one was spectacular and I have an abundance of pictures, so...

We first set foot on the trail to begin this trip on August 3rd, but the origins of it dated back to early April. It was at that point that I talked four of my oldest friends and hiking buddies into joining me in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park as I'd pulled a permit that...

I met my buddy Bruce & his son Austin at the trailhead, around 10am on June 19. They'd hiked up Slough a few times, but always earlier in the year & never past the Silvertip Ranch. We had big plans on going much further, that didn't pan out quite as expected, but it was still a great trip. Day...

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...

Mirror Plateau via Pelican Valley and Pelican Creek I should start out by saying this route was inspired by a Scatman Trip Report. Thanks to Scatman and Backcountry Post. I had a great Yellowstone Lottery spot last year and had planned a Lamar River Loop from Pelican Valley going onto the...

Title: Yellowstone Lake to Brooks Lake Subtitle: So many flowers 8/8 - 8/19 (9 night backpack with 1 night hotel on each end) Enter: 8/9 & Exit: 8/18 Caltopo says 87 miles and elevation of +10,000' & -7,700' Camera was a Sony RX10 III (24 - 600mm equivalent lens) and some cell shots You have...

September 29 - October 3, 2023 This is the fourth year in a row we've done this sort of trip at the end of September/beginning of October, hence the thread title. The route was a little different this time since we wanted to see the Pitchstone Plateau and some other areas, and also because, for...

Day Nine. August 17, 2023. I did not have a least favorite day on this trip, but if I had to pick the least best day it would be day nine. At day nine all my adjustments to Hugh's plan, all the unexplored territory, and all the must see areas had been completed, explored, or seen. It...

Day Eight: August 16, 2023. Hugh said we needed an early start on day eight. Today we would be climbing up to a mysterious place called the Buffalo Plateau. I always envisioned a plateau as a raised area of land that was more or less flat. I was about to learn that that is not always the...

Day Seven: August 15, 2023. During the planning stages of this trip I had a good feel for what our surroundings might be. . . up to today. The trails thru Yellowstone and along Thorofare Creek were mostly level, documented on maps/in some guide books (Yellowstone anyway), and could be...

Day Six: August 14, 2023 There was a buzz of excitement in camp this morning, and it was originating from the area of @scatman 's tent. He was in the early stages of Majo Fever, and the only known cure is to nibble on some Chocolonely at the top of Majo Pass. Majo Pass was the name...

Day Five -- August 13, 2023. Technically, we were behind schedule at day five. That was ok because by the end of the day we would be ahead of schedule. I do not think anyone in the group was worried about schedules. . . I doubt any of us even knew what day of the week it was by now. All we...

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...

With a little bit of luck I found myself with a long weekend available and a beautiful weather window - so I decided to get one more good mountain trip in before settling in for the winter. Still unsure where I'd be going, I made a Meet Up post here on BCP and was fortunate enough to have...