List of Hikes
Silvercrest 2x Snowshoe
Silvercrest ski
747, snowshoe
Flesher Pass, snowshoe
Teton Pass, snowshoe
Jones Creek, snowshoe
Skidway, snowshoe
Silver Crest ski
RET Bridge to Bridge
Falls Creek
Ulm Pishkun
Essex
Priest Butte
Holter
Bear Paw Battle
Trout Creek York
Suzie's Cabin
Lionhead butte
Scratchgravel
Center Ridge
Swift Dam
Lethbridge Coulees
Sluice Boxes, no crossings
Rogers Pass
Eastern MT trip
Devil's Glenn
Garnett Ghost Town
Windy Mountain Loop
Willow Creek Falls
Fairview Mountain
Tizer Gardens
Bair Museum and Skidway
Ice Caves
Collar Peak and American Prairie Museum
Hoadley Pass backpack
Anaconda Hill Bitterroot hike
Sandpoint MF Judith
Morning Eagle Falls and Piegan Pass
Silvercrest ski
747, snowshoe
Flesher Pass, snowshoe
Teton Pass, snowshoe
Jones Creek, snowshoe
Skidway, snowshoe
Silver Crest ski
RET Bridge to Bridge
Falls Creek
Ulm Pishkun
Essex
Priest Butte
Holter
Bear Paw Battle
Trout Creek York
Suzie's Cabin
Lionhead butte
Scratchgravel
Center Ridge
Swift Dam
Lethbridge Coulees
Sluice Boxes, no crossings
Rogers Pass
Eastern MT trip
Devil's Glenn
Garnett Ghost Town
Windy Mountain Loop
Willow Creek Falls
Fairview Mountain
Tizer Gardens
Bair Museum and Skidway
Ice Caves
Collar Peak and American Prairie Museum
Hoadley Pass backpack
Anaconda Hill Bitterroot hike
Sandpoint MF Judith
Morning Eagle Falls and Piegan Pass
Suzie's cabin: Lake Five Fun and Funk, March 31- May 2, 2022
Suzie graciously hosted at her cabin for five days. Some insights
We tried to burn the place down (Kuntz's pullaparts overflowed, and the smoke detector went off, necessitating an oven cleaning.
We plogged the toilets.
We broke the screen door pneumatic closer
but onto the fun stuff: We hiked the Apgar bike trail into town and back with Marta, who had recently broken her wrist, so couldn't risk falling. Her husband came too as her chauffeur. We shopped at the art gallery in Apgar. We can't say how much KuntZ bought or Jerry might get mad, but the rest of us bought things too.
We hiked the loop trail by Lake Five twice, George the Shetland Sheepdog in tow. We hiked the Green Gate trail, where a biker was killed a few years ago when he ran into a grizzly. We ate well: full breakfasts with lasagne and taco-casserole dinners. Suzie played piano and sang for us, improvising as we requested songs, all played by ear. We were sad that Nora, Josy and Susan had to cancel.
Who went: Kuntz, Katie, Suzie, Sara, Gail, Sue
We tried to burn the place down (Kuntz's pullaparts overflowed, and the smoke detector went off, necessitating an oven cleaning.
We plogged the toilets.
We broke the screen door pneumatic closer
but onto the fun stuff: We hiked the Apgar bike trail into town and back with Marta, who had recently broken her wrist, so couldn't risk falling. Her husband came too as her chauffeur. We shopped at the art gallery in Apgar. We can't say how much KuntZ bought or Jerry might get mad, but the rest of us bought things too.
We hiked the loop trail by Lake Five twice, George the Shetland Sheepdog in tow. We hiked the Green Gate trail, where a biker was killed a few years ago when he ran into a grizzly. We ate well: full breakfasts with lasagne and taco-casserole dinners. Suzie played piano and sang for us, improvising as we requested songs, all played by ear. We were sad that Nora, Josy and Susan had to cancel.
Who went: Kuntz, Katie, Suzie, Sara, Gail, Sue
Swift Dam on a windless day. May 18, 2022
First time hiking with the Canadians. The flowers were pretty: pasque, glacier lilies most abundant. Five from Canada: Shawna, Laura, LaVern, Linda, Marilee and six from United States: Katie, Sue, Carol, Sheila, Bonnie, Suzie. This was the first hike since Bonnie returned from Vegas on her first with us on her new hip and cleaned up knee. She did well. Sheila and Bonnie went to Hell Roaring Springs and back while the rest of went until the first major stream crossing. We had upped the day by one as a major storm was expected. Well, we didn't miss it by much as the drops and a few flakes hit us on the way back, but the worst was the wind. The 60-70 mph gusts were so bad, they blew us off the trail at times. It was mostly at our back, so some of us were literally running as we were pushed by the wind the last half mile. But not much happened moisture-wise, just a few drops, enough to make the car a mess in some dust storms.
We left home at 7:15 and met the Canadians at 9:30, after they had a delay at the border, which doesn't open until 8 a.m. Sheila and Bonnie got back to town at 3:15 and the rest by 5:45.
We ran into a bus of 7th graders from Shelby, but otherwise no one else was there. We did have a wild ride on the road, which was being re-done. It has deep gravel in places and we got stuck behind a grader on a section too narrow to pass. it was a bit better on the way out, but we did have to pass the grader.
We stopped at Buffalo Joe's for a Wilcoxson ice cream cone before heading home since so many of us had oblgations from board meetings to book clubs that evening.
We left home at 7:15 and met the Canadians at 9:30, after they had a delay at the border, which doesn't open until 8 a.m. Sheila and Bonnie got back to town at 3:15 and the rest by 5:45.
We ran into a bus of 7th graders from Shelby, but otherwise no one else was there. We did have a wild ride on the road, which was being re-done. It has deep gravel in places and we got stuck behind a grader on a section too narrow to pass. it was a bit better on the way out, but we did have to pass the grader.
We stopped at Buffalo Joe's for a Wilcoxson ice cream cone before heading home since so many of us had oblgations from board meetings to book clubs that evening.