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 [...]

Oronaut is 1 year and 100 posts old!

June 20th, 2009

I would just like to take a moment reflect that Oronaut is over a year old now! And this is my 101st post. Keeping up the Oronaut blog has been an interesting and valuable learning experience for me as a content publisher, web designer, and outdoor enthusiast. :)
In this past year I’ve been up North [...]

Renova Hot Springs

February 17th, 2009

This weekend the GF and I headed out to Portland, and along the way finally stopped in at Renova Hot Springs. It is the last of the free, public, undeveloped hot springs in my neck of the Montana woods. There are lots of Hot Springs around the Montana Rockies, but most are developed, or on [...]

The Boiling River Hot Spring

December 12th, 2008

I’ve been meaning to make this post about my visit to the Boiling River hot spring in Yellowstone for a while, but I’ve been pretty busy with work and skiing. Anyway, here it is now:

The Boiling River is a primitive hot spring just inside the North entrance to Yellowstone National Park - between Gardiner and [...]