Friday, March 21, 2025

Winter ends with ski to Mizpah and hike to Cochrane

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A tough way up At the Mizpah bowls  Winter ended with a ski to the Mizpah Bowls in the Little Belts to enjoy some fresh snow and brilliant s...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Ski, hike, snowshoe in late winter

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    The North Fork Teton Country near the West Fork needs a blast of snow         The ice encrusted lower Falls Creek Falls     Our snowshoe...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Annual winter trip to Waterton Park

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We used St. Mary Lake in Glacier Park as a warmup for Waterton The Carway border crossing dominated by Chief Mountain Kilmorey Lodge at foot...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

Trouble on the Deadman Gully

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  Me, post-holing in the Deadman drift Gordon completing his run through the trees Excellent snow conditions as we near a high point above D...
Sunday, February 09, 2025

Defying the deep freeze on Waldron snow shoe

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Daren Kittleson is a big guy breaking trail, with snow above his knees In the deep forest Group shot at our lunch break I had a hard choice ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

O'Brien Creek on a bluebird winter day

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A stop in some perfect snow The O'Brien Creek bottom A photo and lunch break in the sun Neihart Baldy at the end of the trip  When we sk...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Finally getting started in 2025 --- 'Drowning in powder'

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This snow ghost reminded me of a giant rabbit in the trail Gordon Whirry on the Porphyry-Mizpah ridge This snow ghost reminded me of a giant...
Monday, December 30, 2024

Exploring Ulm Buffalo Jump on dry and windy day

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A Buffalo Jump perspective The iconic Great Falls area symbol --- Square Butte Grass and sky dominate the landscape above the buffalo jump T...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

Unusually warm and dry, but Deadman anyway

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Deadfall pokes its head through the relatively scant snow on the ridge line The best snow of the trip, although tough to break trail in On t...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Surprise! Really good snow in the Little Belts

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Mark Hertenstein above our telemark spot with snow-capped Yogo Peak on the horizon Mark, climbing back after making some tele turns Enjoying...
Sunday, December 01, 2024

Better late than never: 1st ski of season

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  My first tele-turns of the season Porphyry Peak above an empty Showdown Ski Area, two weeks before the ski hill opens The first cross coun...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Is it Havre or Bullhook? New hiking area up north

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Katie in one of the lava-created draws Mount Lieberg The shadows highlight to dike coming off Mount Lieberg  We are always looking around fo...
Saturday, November 02, 2024

After more than 40 years a Hauser Lake surprise

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  Katie in the Hauser Canyon An angler near Beaver Creek with Gates Wilderness in sight The trail scrambles across this talus field Beaver C...