September 21, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 8.7 / 2234.0 I woke up about 1:00am to find sleet & snow starting to cover my tent and the ground. It was still coming down and I expected it to last at least through the night. It was cold again in the morning and I slept in until it was daylight. It had only […]

September 20, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 24.7 / 2225.3 It was another cold morning today and I struggled to get out of my sleeping bag. I finally got around, packed up and on the trail by 7:15am. The trail started out ascending through the burned forest again. The instance of dead trees across the trail had really diminished since yesterday and […]

September 18, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 14.9 / 2176.2 I slept great last night and didn’t wake up until 7:00am. I showered, dressed, and packed up some of my gear before heading down to the post office. I shipped my resupply box to Benchmark Ranch and headed back to the motel. I finished packing up and made me a small pot […]

September 17, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 21.8 / 2161.3 I was up on the trail about 7:00 this morning knowing I had about 22 miles to get to Chief Joseph Trailhead and then hitch into Darby. Once again the trail started with a gradual climb that got steeper as I neared the top. There was a campsite at the top of […]

September 16, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 28.7 / 2139.5 I was up and on the trail just as it was light enough to see. The trail started climbing right from the start. It was a gradual climb up to Rock Island Lake then got steeper as it started its way over the pass. By the time I reached the pass I […]

September 15, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 25.5 / 2110.8 I didn’t sleep real good last night. It seemed I couldn’t get comfortable and kept tossing and turning all night. Despite not getting comfortable I didn’t want to get out of my sleeping bag this morning. It was a cold morning. I finally got around and got started down the trail about […]

September 14, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 27.6 / 2085.3 I was up and around just as it got daylight this morning. The trail continued down a 4WD road for the next 8 miles to Lemhi Pass. I traveled up and down basically following the divide to the pass. At Lemhi Pass the trail became single track and continued to follow the […]

September 13, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 18.3 / 2057.7 I actually slept in today. I set an alarm for 7:30 and it went off and woke me up. I showered, got dressed, and packed up my gear. I fixed some coffee and sat at the table out front and drank it in the morning sun. The only restaurant in town – […]

September 12, 2023Miles Today/ Total: 7.1 / 2039.4 It was an interesting night last night. Just as I started to dose off I heard a big crash in the forest. It sounded like a tree fell or hot pushed down. I then heard branches breaking. Was it a bear? I don’t know, but I never heard or saw anything else. […]