Short Hike to Lava Lake

September 5th, 2009

The short and sweet hike to Lava Lake is a Classic around Bozeman. It’s just a little ways down Gallatin Canyon and for it’s modest 3 miles length it provides great mountain vistas. Plus it’s a lake, so fishing and swimming are options, which people always like. I hear in the right water level there [...]

High Alpine Fishing in the Spanish Peaks

August 20th, 2009

My new hobby this summer is fishing. Now, I don’t mean fly fishing on the Gallatin and Madison a la Brad Pitt, although that may be where it’s headed. What I like is running around in high mountains, so that’s where my fishing hobby takes me: to our glorious, scenic, government-stocked alpine lakes! It’s perfect. [...]

Beehive Basin Backcountry Skiing

March 31st, 2009

I haven’t been doing much backcountry skiing this season - for a number of reasons - but I got out for a nice (if short) day up Beehive Basin a few weeks ago. Beehive Basin is the actually the first place I ever went on a backcountry ski tour! It’s a favorite spot for locals [...]

Blue Skies over Big Sky

February 9th, 2009

This past week I’ve been kind of laid up after falling on the ice after the Skin to Win. And by “laid up” I mean all week it hurt to walk, stand, sit, lay, etc. That kind of laid up. But, I’m healing slowly and was going to go crazy if I didn’t get outdoors, [...]