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 [...]
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 [...]
In my quest to find the best local Forest Service Cabins for skiing I checked out the Windy Pass Cabin yesterday. I’d been eyeing this one in particular, since it’s pretty deep in the Gallatin Range and at a pretty good elevation. Most of the other cabins are down in the valley but this one… [...]
