I just have limited knowledge from watching the web cams (Lake McDonald and St Mary)-link below. It seems it hasn't been bad lately, but that can change depending on the weather/winds...also concerned that local fires could pop up as the season progresses. We'll be in the park the first week of Sep...
It will be a mess but, when speaking to the rangers in the past the lottery was getting to labor intensive for them. IMO its everyone's fault for telling to many people how beautiful the back country is. The first 6 back country hikes I put in for I got, so I thought it would be easy. Always got the...
We have been trying to get to Redgap and Boulder Pass, and to see Lake Francis for the last 3 years (after a injury/failed attempt). Have always tried the JAN to BOU from Canada approach. Going to watch and see how the BC fills up we might try the Bowman/Kintla approach if all else fails. As it take...
Put in for variations of JAN to BOL and back with a 30 day window, still nothing available
going to ponder the walk in route, which we have be lucky at, or Tetons.
MOL - KOO (12.1 miles) or / STO (6.8 miles) - FIF on this route, is KOO worth extra 2.7 miles one way, compared to STO? not sure on terrain roughness from MOL -> KOO and STO --> FIF. so need opinion, is it worth extra 5+ miles to KOO? I can pull off additional 5 miles, but just checking is it reall...
Well I got my credit card bill, they charged me $40.00 so am I to assume I got the hike???
Have not received an email conformation but they ran my credit card on the 15th.
Guess i missed the resurrection of this thread. I bought the Sawyer right after I made the original post, used for 3 , or 4 back country trips. For filtering large quantities of water its a little of a pain but the wife and I have a system that has worked well for us. We stopped using the supplied b...