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. [...]

Crazy Mountain Backpacking - Cottonwood Creek

June 28th, 2009

With the end of June in Montana comes the beginning of high alpine camping trips. The overlap season is always a little difficult - the high country is too snowy to hike and approach from the valleys is too dry to ski. We had so much snow last year that over the 4th of July [...]

Alaska Basin in the Tetons

August 31st, 2008

So, I was back in the hills again this weekend. I should really have a dependable job… but I don’t… so why not go camping again??  Summer - and indeed life itself - is short. Carpe deim. This time I just went to Alaska Basin for two nights. When I hiked the Teton Crest Trail [...]