I took a zero in Darby which is an interesting little town. The show called Yellowstone is filmed nearby and the locals and tourists seemed to be a bit more upscale than you would normally…Continue Reading

Gaucho and I had breakfast at the Montana Cafe, where we joined BootScoot, Dickhead (yes, that’s his name), Piper, Compass, and a couple of others.  Dickhead was cool, but it’s really odd to say to…Continue Reading

We left Big Hole pass early and I’m determined to make some miles today.  Alas, it turned out to be another very tough section.  The trail is better than yesterday, but we had a 3000…Continue Reading

We were on the trail this morning by 7:00.  We descended Slag a Melt valley then climbed up another valley to Lena lake.  The trail traverses the side of a steep hill far above Big…Continue Reading

Mav, Gaucho and I left our camp at Berry Creek and did 22 miles today. It was mostly ridge walking in the forest with lots of great views.  Some of it burned in the Goldstone…Continue Reading

Mav, Gaucho and I left our camp on the ridge about 3 miles south of Goldstone pass.  I got an early start, determined to at least see Gaucho pack up his tent but I was…Continue Reading

As usual, Gaucho was up super early and was long gone by the time I got up. After hiking for a few hours I caught up with him on a sunny meadow and we had…Continue Reading