Tobacco Roots, Beartooth's and the remainder of the summer of 2016
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- Bozeman, MT
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- 1955 CJ3B: Dart/AFR aluminum 441 sbc, AGE M22W trans, "super" D18 w/ TeraLows & OD, FF44 PowrLoc Rear, D44 front-ARB/Reid/Dutchman, 4 wheel discs, York OBA, PP welder, 8274, glass/aluminum body, 33-12.5's;
1968 CJ5: all stock (V6/T86/D18) except 4bbl & headers and rear aux tank, HD rear 44 housing, Warn OD, Belleview winch;
2012 JKU Rubicon: Warn 9.5xp-s in Warn Elite, RSE rear bumper/tire carrier, Mopar lift, 35-12.5's, ARB OBA;
1947 2A and 49 3A that may or may not get built, and several FC/wagon derelicts
Until a couple days ago, I haven't been able to log into this site since the middle of July. Seems the password reset was going to some destination I had no knowledge of----.
A summery of the start. The first 2 trips were posted here:
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f72/cabin-fever-finally-broken-26348/
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f72/another-tobacco-root-mountains-sorti-26415/
And the third here.
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f72/tobacco-root-mountains-sortie-part-ii-26416/
The 4th of July found us back at our usual haunt for that date, North Meadow Creek. A tradition started by my late Father in 1952 or 53 and missed only a handful of times since. We decided to forgo an actual 4th of July date and left the following Wednesday to avoid the hordes. It was worth the wait. The plan for this year was "car" camping at the Jeeps with day hikes from there as one of the group finished chemo a couple weeks before and wasn't really up for any packing.
Sterling Road and Ward Peak west of Norris, MT.
Ward Peak again, South Baldy on left and a little of Lady of the Lake Peak at extreme right. From Sterling Road near its intersection with North Meadow Creek Road.
Had to do a little chainsaw work on the way to Twin Lakes.
Camp area at Upper Twin Lake.
Following getting the tents set up, we did a short hike to the inlet of upper Twin.
Ward Peak, Upper Twin Lake.
Bog orchid.
Lady of the Lake Peak.
Day 2 consisted of a day hike into upper Bradley Meadows.
Lady of the Lake Peak.
Ward Peak from the upper meadow.
Suspect this was a claim marker but sure looked like a grave.
Stream from upper meadows.
Lady of the Lake Peak again on our exit.
Day 3 was a day hike to Lady of the Lake-Lake. We covered about a mile of the same terrain as the day before and then cut up to the lake. Not long after lunch, the clouds closed in and it started to sprinkle so we bailed early.
Lady of the Lake, Lake.
Making our exit.
Day four was just packing up very soggy tents and hitting the Jeep trail.
OK, get your lazy buns out of that tent.
Lower Twin Lake.
A summery of the start. The first 2 trips were posted here:
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f72/cabin-fever-finally-broken-26348/
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f72/another-tobacco-root-mountains-sorti-26415/
And the third here.
https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/f72/tobacco-root-mountains-sortie-part-ii-26416/
The 4th of July found us back at our usual haunt for that date, North Meadow Creek. A tradition started by my late Father in 1952 or 53 and missed only a handful of times since. We decided to forgo an actual 4th of July date and left the following Wednesday to avoid the hordes. It was worth the wait. The plan for this year was "car" camping at the Jeeps with day hikes from there as one of the group finished chemo a couple weeks before and wasn't really up for any packing.
Sterling Road and Ward Peak west of Norris, MT.
Ward Peak again, South Baldy on left and a little of Lady of the Lake Peak at extreme right. From Sterling Road near its intersection with North Meadow Creek Road.
Had to do a little chainsaw work on the way to Twin Lakes.
Camp area at Upper Twin Lake.
Following getting the tents set up, we did a short hike to the inlet of upper Twin.
Ward Peak, Upper Twin Lake.
Bog orchid.
Lady of the Lake Peak.
Day 2 consisted of a day hike into upper Bradley Meadows.
Lady of the Lake Peak.
Ward Peak from the upper meadow.
Suspect this was a claim marker but sure looked like a grave.
Stream from upper meadows.
Lady of the Lake Peak again on our exit.
Day 3 was a day hike to Lady of the Lake-Lake. We covered about a mile of the same terrain as the day before and then cut up to the lake. Not long after lunch, the clouds closed in and it started to sprinkle so we bailed early.
Lady of the Lake, Lake.
Making our exit.
Day four was just packing up very soggy tents and hitting the Jeep trail.
OK, get your lazy buns out of that tent.
Lower Twin Lake.