Dates: September 11-12, 2021 Leader: Forest Dean Participants: Corey Hinshaw, Andrew Twardowski, Leland Earls On a great early fall weekend, Corey, Andrew and I headed up Chaffin Creek in the Bitterroots at 8:00am on Saturday morning. We hiked the approximate 6 miles to Tamarack Lake, arriving at 10:40am. We set up our camp, had some …
17TH Annual Glacier Classic- August 19-22, 2021 Divide Creek Campground, St. Mary, Montana After a year in near hiatus (only three of us attended the Classic last year due to COVID) it was GREAT to be back in Glacier for our 17th Classic! Around 30 people planned on attending but these numbers got halved due …
Trip Report for Brushy Fork Marmot Study Hike. Date: July 4, 2021 Co-leaders: Alden Wright & Jim Semmelroth We did not see any marmots. We did not even see the study area. After meeting at the Walmart parking lot, Leyla Eraybar, Alden Wright, and Cathy & Jim Semmelroth pooled into one vehicle and proceeded to …
Oregon Lakes Trip Report June 26, 2021 This trip was part of the Marmot Madness proposal described at http://hs.umt.edu/umzm/marmots.php. Here is the trip proposal that I posted on the Rocky Mountaineers calendar: We will look for marmots in the vicinity of the Oregon Lakes. We will hike about a mile of the state line trail, …
Ogden Mt. Sun. June 6th, 2021 Participants: Steve Schombel, David & Julie Kahl On Sat. June 5th, Steve came to our house at 2:PM and we drove in separate vehicles, on Hwy 200, to just west of Lincoln where the Dalton Mt. Road (FS RD 329) goes south. We followed the Dalton Mt. Rd, looking …
We first explored this route last fall, driving to a parking area at the end of the Skyline Road, on the divide between Deer Cr. and Bear Run Cr. where Little Park Cr. Rd. is gated off. (Please note the difference between Little Park Cr. ROAD and the Little Park Cr. TRAIL) Exploring down Little …
Participants: Steve Schombel, Laura Lindquist, David & Julie Kahl There Be The Ticks! It was a perfect day. Weather leading up to this day had made it look like it could be either raining or snowing, but as we met at Walmart the temperature was around freezing, not too cold to gather outside, under a …
TRM Cabin Weekend Dates: March 27-28, 2021 Leader: Forest Dean Participants: Leland Earls, Corey Hinshaw Another good weekend spent at the TRM cabin and skiing Little St. Joseph Peak! The cabin has been receiving steady use for the last 9 weekends and kudos to everyone who has been up there- things were nice and clean. …
I didn’t get any takers for this trip, not surprising considering spring skiing conditions and Sunday Covid vaccination clinics. David had been watching the Snowgoers webpage for grooming information, and it looked like the groomer had gone down Pack Cr. Rd. within the last few days, so we drove both our vehicles up and left …
Winter Outing, Lolo Pass Sun. Mar. 7th, 2021 Trip Report Read More »
Leader: Forest Dean Participants: Fintan Maguire, Jamie Drysdale, Leland Earls With this most awful of winters (way too warm, no snow) it’s easy to quickly get out of the ski mindset. This is a mistake of course, because the snow is actually pretty darn good in the high country! Just need to work a bit …
