My Adventures Thread

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11.5 miles hiked. Pointing out where the road and Lamar Valley are located.





11.75 miles hiked. Pretty damn exhausted, but out of the woods and near the trailhead.







We started hiking from the Warm Creek trailhead at 1100am and were back to the Jeep at the Pebble Creek trailhead at 600pm. Around 7 hours to complete the 12 mile hike.







Both Jeeps at the Warm Creek trailhead.





Dinner spot in Cooke City, MT.

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This hike put me over 100 miles hiked for the season.

My guidebook says the hike is 12 miles, but my girlfriends GPS was reading over 13.5 miles walked. My girlfriend now has a "stress fracture" in her left foot as a result of the hike, which was her longest of the season.


We saw only 4 people in 12 miles hiked. All within the first 1.5 miles. I really enjoyed being out in the middle of nowhere for 10+ miles without seeing anyone in one of the most isolated places in the country.

The most remote place in the lower 48 is in the southeast corner of Yellowstone National Park. There is a Ranger Station (Thorofare) there, which is 35 miles away from a road.

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This hike put me over 100 miles hiked for the season.

In addition to hiking over 100 miles during the 12' summer season. I snowboarded over 500 miles during the 11'/12' winter season.

As of this week I am currently unemployed. I am spending 3 weeks in Big Sky Montana until I "retire" to Poinciana Florida for 5 weeks prior to the start of the 12'/13' winter season.

My girlfriend has this Saturday and Sunday off from work, but is unable to hike due to her stress fracture injury.


Made a list of some possible road trips for this weekend and the next couple.

the Teton Range
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teton_Range

explore more back roads near the Beartooth Highway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beartooth_Highway

the Battle of Little Bighorn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...Little_Bighorn

Devils Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower

Glacier National Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier...ark_%28U.S.%29

Mount Rushmore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore

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I left Big Sky, MT around 800am on September 29th for a 2 day trip to Grand Teton National Park.

Drove over 525 miles through
3 states (Idaho, Wyoming & Montana)
3 national forests (Gallatin, Targhee & Bridger-Teton)
2 national parks (Yellowstone & Grand Teton)
and over the continental divide 4 times

teaser picture of whats to come.....

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At 800am we headed south from Big Sky, MT (elevation 7,510) & at 900am arrived in West Yellowstone, MT (elevation 6,663) after 55 miles of driving through Gallatin National Forest.

Took this picture around 845am 10 miles outside of West Yellowstone.

Clouds below the Gallatin range.





Fire.....





Grizzly Park Bear statue in West Yellowstone.





The Way of the Grizzly statue in West Yellowstone.

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Entering Idaho after 65 miles of driving and crossing the Continental Divide (elevation 7,072) for the first time.







At 1100am arrived in Ashton, ID (elevation 5,260) after 110 miles of driving through Targhee National Forest and fueled up.





We headed east from Ashton towards Wyoming on a dirt road for 20 miles.

Hit "Flagg Ranch Road" after 130 miles of driving which is closed once snow arrives.

There is literally nothing for 30 miles from the Idaho side of Flagg Ranch Road to the Wyoming side of Flagg Ranch Road other than hiking trails and campgrounds.

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30 miles to go until pavement. We decided to skip the "Jackass Loop" and "Bitch Creek" roads.





Entering Wyoming after 135 miles of driving including 7ish on Flagg Ranch Road.







Indian Lake (elevation 6,407) in Wyoming but part of it is in Idaho.

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Heading over a bridge after 140 miles of driving including 10ish on Flagg Ranch Road.





Lake of the Woods (elevation 7,379) which is 2ish miles off Flagg Ranch Road.







There is a boy scout camp right next to the lake, which felt creepy probably because everything was boarded up. Looked like no one had been there in a month or so.

totem poles

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Tillery Lake (elevation 7,204) and it's dam which is 1/2 a mile off Flagg Ranch Road.





Sitting on the dam.





Grassy Lake (elevation 7,180) and it's dam after 155 miles of driving including 20ish on Flagg Ranch Road.

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Grassy Lake spillway.







The bridge over Polecat Creek and a guy fly fishing.





At 400pm arrived at Flagg Ranch (elevation 6,814) after 165 miles of driving including over 30 on Flagg Ranch Road.

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We headed south from Flagg Ranch on the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, which connects Yellowstone National Park with Grand Teton National Park.

At 500pm arrived at the Jackson Lake Dam (elevation of 6,772) after 190 miles of driving.

Jackson Lake is 15 miles long, 7 miles wide and up to 438 feet deep.

The Snake River starts at the dam.









At 600pm we stopped at Signal Mountain (elevation 7,720) in Grand Teton National Park after 200 miles of driving including 7.5 miles off the main road and up a windy road.

View of the Tetons and Jenny Lake from the top of Signal. View was shitty due to smoke, clouds and the sun setting in our face.

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At 630pm we stopped at the Mount Moran (elevation 12,605) turnout after 205 miles of driving.

Mount Moran sits 6,000 feet above the valley floor.







At 645pm we stopped at the Teton Glacier turnout after 210 miles of driving.

Grand Teton (elevation 13,770) sits 7,000 feet above the valley floor.

Grand Teton is the 2nd highest mountain in Wyoming behind Gannett Peak (elevation 13,804).









At 730pm arrived in Teton Village, WY (elevation 6,311) after 225 miles of driving which is where Jackson Hole Ski Resort is located.

The resort is in Bridger-Teton National Forest which is southwest of Grand Teton National Park.





The 100 person tram.





Ate dinner at the Mangy Moose Salon.

http://mangymoose.com/saloon/

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We headed northeast from Teton Village towards Shadow Mountain (elevation 8,256) in Bridger-Teton National Forest to camp for the night.

At 1000pm arrived at Shadow Mountain after 250 miles of driving including 7 miles off the main road and up a windy dirt road.

Fell asleep by 1100pm and woke up at 700am freezing. The temperature was in the low 30s, but the views from our campsite were awesome.

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Leaving camp and Shadow Mountain before 800am.





Out the window shot heading down Shadow Mountain.





The Chapel of the Transfiguration (elevation 6,250) in Grand Teton National Park built in 1925, which is 4 years before the park was established.

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We did not go inside because there was a service going on.