Category Archives: weekend trips
Campfire
Written on July 14, 2012 at 19:29, by samh
Mirror Lake, Spanish Peaks, Madison Range, Montana
Packrafting Overnighter – Beartrap Canyon
Written on May 2, 2012 at 22:24, by samh
Although many feet of new snow began to fall in the high country on Thursday evening last week and friends were planning bids on a local peak I’ve wanted to ride for sometime I couldn’t get the idea of either bicycle touring or packrafting out of my brain. The ski trip group was leaving onContinue Reading
SuperUltraHeavy Winter Trip
Written on March 13, 2012 at 11:07, by samh
The United States Forest Service has a series of cabins, fire lookouts, and other shelters available for rental at a nominal cost all over the country. In SW Montana there is a LOT of federal land and therefore there are a LOT of these rental cabins. Navigate your way to recreation.gov to see for yourself.Continue Reading
The Continental Divide Trail Alliance
Written on September 7, 2011 at 21:42, by samh
I hike on trails a lot so I like to volunteer doing trail maintenance with local trail organizations to keep the trails I like in good shape. Perhaps I just want to keep people on the trail so I can enjoy the off-trail bits in solitude. Or perhaps I just like to give a littleContinue Reading
Scrubfest 2011 – Cowboy Pow
Written on February 28, 2011 at 16:23, by samh
A group of individuals loosely-related via splitboard.com have been getting together atop Wyoming’s Togwotee Pass for the past half-dozen years or so to delve their splitboards into the deep, Wyoming “Cowboy Pow” along the continental divide at the pass as well as on the steep flanks of the impressive Teton Range in Grand Teton NationalContinue Reading
Backcountry Forays along Ketchum, Idaho’s Titus Ridge
Written on January 12, 2011 at 07:27, by samh
Ketchum, Idaho is a small, swanky town that is home to Sun Valley Ski Resort. Many of the skiers here are rich fashionistas that never leave the smoothness of the groomed runs and comfort of the ski lifts. There are definitely some badasses that live there also however and for those willing to head onlyContinue Reading
Backpacking Light – Wilderness Trekking School – WS1-LWB 2010
Written on August 6, 2010 at 21:29, by samh
Over a weekend in late July and early August Chris Wallace and I had the opportunity to instruct a group of excited students in the ways and (dare I say) art of ultralight backpacking. We were working on behalf of the Backpacking Light Wilderness Trekking School and operated a three day course out of JacksonContinue Reading
Splitboarding and Backpacking in July
Written on July 12, 2010 at 15:13, by samh
Friday, July 9th, 2010 I walked out of the office at 17:00, was home and had a lightweight gear set-up for both backpacking and splitboarding packed and in the trunk of my Subaru by 18:40. My destination was the Pine Creek trailhead in the Northwest corner of the Absaroka Mountain Range and I arrived byContinue Reading
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park – Summit Peak Loop
Written on June 14, 2010 at 10:00, by samh
This trip took place October 6th – 8th, 2007 My buddy Mark and I have been backpacking together for the past seven years or so and in 2007 we planned a trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (c’mon up to da U.P., eh!). The Upper Peninsula or UP as it’s commonly referred to is home toContinue Reading
Silver Bay to Section 13 on the Superior Hiking Trail
Written on June 11, 2010 at 10:00, by samh
This trip took place April 20-22nd, 2007. Participants were Andy, Logan, and Sam April 20th – Friday night we arrived at the Silver Bay trailhead just before dark. We were able to move the 3.5 or so miles to the Bear Lake campsite with no difficulties. We ran into some fellow Duluthians at the trailheadContinue Reading