Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Catching up with a busy summer: Our Lake, Patrol, Bitterroot, Northwest Montana state parks

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Visiting with Patrol Mountain lookout ranger Samsara Chapman Duffey One of my favorite views ---- looking down the ridgeline from Patrol Mou...
Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Summer gets busy: Tilinghast, short style Columbine, Canadian Rockies, Blackleaf

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A wall of limestone cliffs on Tilinghast Creek Katie at the U.S.-Canadian border at the Police Depot Provincial Park Chief Mountain towers o...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Annual trek up Fairview Mountain with Katie's Canadian friends; CDT --- Lewis and Clark to Rogers passes

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Willow Creek Falls Katie walking through a field of prairie smoke wildflowers The Fairview Mountain ridgeline Sticks in the air:  a sign of ...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Sluice boxes and signs of aging

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  Waterfall on the high, cliffy trail Many caves in the limestone cliffs above Belt Creek in the Sluice Boxes The railroad tracks are still ...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

A hot, but active week in Flathead, Front and Little Belts

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  One of my favorite spots:  top of Mount Wright with Bob Marshall Wilderness below Gordon Whirry rests and enjoys Mount Wright Mark Hertens...
Monday, June 02, 2025

Navigating a late May heat wave: Skidway, Swift (again), Highwoods, Kings Hill

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Arrowleaf Balsalmroot on Center Ridge in the Highwoods Swift Reservoir with Badger-Two Med mountains, the Poia complex, in the background La...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Have I been commuting to Rogers Pass?

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The blue Forget-Me-Not, yellow Yellowstone Draba and pink Douglasia A rest along the CDT ridgeline Red Mountain, the Scapegoat Wilderness Ar...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

The mountains are ablooming: Swift Dam, Highwoods, Mount Sentinel

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Swift Reservoir looking toward the North Fork Birch Creek valley We were surprised to find orange paintbrush Lots of Forget-Me-Nots at Swift...