My goal this day was actually to get to Fridley Lake, since I heard it was rarely visited and might have nice fish in it. Well, it’s rarely visited for a reason! My plan was to hike up from the Emerald Lake trailhead, past Emerald and Heather Lake, climb Overlook Mountain, and drop into Fridley [...]
I’m not much of a nordic skier. I mostly alpine (downhill) ski. But, when the backcountry is unstable or if I just don’t have time to actually “go skiing” at Bridger or elsewhere, I go skate skiing. It’s a nice way to get a good, quick workout when it’s too snowy and icy to go [...]
This past weekend I attended a wedding in Bozeman. I stayed a couple of days on either side to see my friends, some of which flew in just for the wedding because we’ve all known the couple since our freshman year at MSU. It was actually quite a reunion, I hadn’t partied with some of [...]
As I mentioned briefly in my previous post, one of the main attractions to visiting Bozeman for a few days was getting my Dynafit bindings mounted on my new skis. I’ll go into more depth on my new backcountry ski setup (and compare it to my old one) at a later date, but suffice it [...]
