Hiking the Cube Iron/Silcox Roadless Area, Northwest Montana
Joined by Vida and Haines, we hiked a loop route through the Cube Iron/Silcox Roadless Area. This particular route has been on my hike bucket list for 20 years since I first discovered the trails on a map. This loop starts at the Four Lakes basin trailhead and climbs at a good pitch to Cabin […]
O’Brien Creek: A “hidden” hiking treasure
While Blue Mountain sees throngs of hikers, dogs, and urban refugees, O’Brien Creek does not nearly the sheer volume of users even though it is only a couple miles away. In fact, it is weird to meet someone else on these loop trails. [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/O’Brein Creek.gpx”]
Hiking to Deadman’s Point, Blue Mountain
Spring hiking usually means experiencing all the seasons in the span of 15 minutes, and today was a seasonal puree. The trail was clear, muddy, and icy – all at the same time. The route following Hayes Creek and then ascended a short slope to the ridge. From there, I traced the ridgeline to Deadman’s […]
Waterworks Hill up the Randolph Homestead
Waterworks Hill lies to the northeast of Missoula, and it sports a nice network of trails over and around its grassy slopes. The hike to the “summit” (you can’t call it a summit, can you?) is a quick one mile and around 700 feet up, but the real fun is in extending your trek to the […]
Solitude of Snow – Hiking Alone
True solitude comes when the snow is falling silently in the mountains of Montana. Hiking to the top of a point in the ridge above Missoula is a challenge in the knee powder of the most recent storm.