Date: November 23-24, 2019Leader: Forest DeanParticipants: Taylor Brugh, Hannah Anderson, Kurt Krueger, Bryan Kercher, Joren Nabozney, Frank Dean, Brock Rugg Five of us headed down to Hyalite on Saturday morning to get our first swings of the year in. We were proud of the fact that we were probably the only Missoulians heading that way …
Date: November 12, 2019Participants: Forest Dean and Taylor Brugh I had originally scheduled and planned this North Face climb for the last weekend in October, but a bad forecast forced a cancellation and I actually didn’t plan to reschedule. However, the desire didn’t abate, the forecast (this time) looked better, and Taylor was game to …
Date: Sun. Nov. 3rd, 2019 Participants: Steve Schombel, David & Julie Kahl Colleen from the Lolo Pass Visitors’ Center had kept me updated on conditions and on Friday advised that there probably wasn’t enough snow to snowshoe and that ice cleats may be useful. Conditions that persisted until Sunday, we had cleats we never needed, …
Date: Sun. Oct. 20th, 2019 Participants: Carla McColly, Steve Schombel, David & Julie Kahl All week the weather for Sunday had looked dire, but though it started cloudy and rainy, it got sunny as the day went on. From the Whittaker Bridge we walked east on the old railroad bed. On my GPS it looked …
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Date: October 12, 2019 Trip Leader: Laurel Vielle Attendees: Anne Dellwo, Bryan Kercher, Britt and Sussie Lindsey and Dev the Wonder Dog Stats: 16 miles RT with 5600 ft of elevation gain With the winter weather event that took place a few days before, I was seriously doubting we would be climbing anything this past …
Date: October 13, 2019 Co-Leaders: Elizabeth Moore & Casey Lammers Participants: Jennifer Franklin On a beautiful, blue bird fall morning, we got started at the East end of Mission Reservoir near Mission Reservoir Campground around 8 am. We climbed straight up the hillside until reaching Kakashe ridge, then followed the ridge through the woods, …
Date: October 6, 2019Leader: Forest DeanParticipants: Dori Gilels, Minot Maser, Laurel Vielle, Andrew Koopman The five of us got started at the main Bass Creek trailhead a few minutes after 7:00am on this beautiful Sunday morning. We hiked up the ridge following the general route of the winter skin track to the Bass Creek Overlook …
Dates: August 30- September 8, 2019Leader: Forest DeanParticipant: Josh Ashton, Mick Manley, Rob Edington, Brent Maier, Abby Maier I have always raved about the Winds. Personally I don’t believe there is a more idyllic mountain range in the lower 48. The combination of huge granite peaks, glaciers, alpine lakes, streams rivals anything the high Sierra …
Date: August 17-19, 2018Divide Creek Campground, St. Mary, Montana We shifted the basecamp for this year’s Glacier Classic to the new Divide Creek Campground in St. Mary. This was the fourth consecutive year we based our activities out of this part of the Park. The venue worked out really well as we commandeered nearly the …
Date: August 17, 2019Leader: Forest DeanParticipant: Bryan Kercher, Dori Gilels, Josh Krantz, Josh Ashton, Frank Dean, Seth Andersen, Brent Maier, Abby Maier This large group of nine of us started out from Many Glacier just a few minutes after 7am. The goal for the day was the “Yo-Yo” Route to Ipasha Peak. However, we had …
