What Were They Thinking - a Colorado Wilderness Adventure and Three Boys I still can't believe it. It's been 40 or so years since that fateful summer. My buddies Steve and Larry and I were around 12 years of age when we were dropped off early in the day on a rainy, muddy little trail of a road off Highway 135 north ...
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Her Montana Spirit laughs in the breezes of the Bitterroot Range It never fails. You could almost count on a full blown fiasco when the circus came to town! "Oh for crying out loud!" Mom would often exclaim as we would wheel up in front of her ...
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The Last Hurrah and the Breathtaking View atop Montana's Little St. Joseph Peak: My heart pounded. The sweat soaked my shirt. The sun was merciless beating down on my back and shiny forehead. I could see the summit just up ahead, so I pushed a little harder. And when I got there - I could see the top ANOTHER quarter mile or so ...
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Descent into Dark Canyon: Kid's Wild Fishing in Colorado's Raggeds Wilderness The trout literally leaped to snag our hooks as we cast them again and again into the small pools of Trout Creek as it cascaded down through the brush, waterfalling from rock to rock. No, ...
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A spectacular trail find on the Swan Range of Montana - a trek to Sunday Mountain summit. This time was different. Previous years I had settled into a tent near the car at the viewpoint below Richmond Peak, a timbered ridge to the north and east of Seeley Lake, Montana. Time and again I had enjoyed the awesome view of the mighty ...
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In search of Moon Lake: a Montana Mission Mountain Oddessy Montana's Mission Mountains - a phenomena of stunning proportions and striking beauty. I marveled as I waded back between those magnificent peaks. I was following the trail around McDonald Lake and back up Post Creek, off in search of Moon Lake. I had no illusions about the ...
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Montana Moccasin Ridge Adventure - a Spring Training Hike Bonus In a light drizzle that chilly Sunday morning the Moccasin Ridge trek was underway. June hikes in Montana frequently offer the rain option and this was no exception. With hikes up that same route almost every weekend year round, a surprise on that ...
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Adventure on HooDoo Creek: the boys explore Mount Gunnison in Colorado Mount Gunnison was calling as we three 13 year old boys laid our plans and set out on our next Colorado back country adventure. We had studied our Forest Service map and convinced our parents that we knew what we were doing. It seemed fairly straightforward. We ...
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