Beartooth Bonanza 2016
Beartooth Mountains
Absarokee-Beartooth Wilderness, Montana
July 31-Aug 6, 2016
This was our 33rd Annual backpacking and fishing trip into the Beartooths!
Dave, Jeff and I were roommates back in the day at the U of Montana. Tim, aka 'The Mule' is a friend of Dave's from WA.
Along the Trail
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| The Trailhead-West Fork Rock Creek outside of Red Lodge, Mt |
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| The Beartooths |
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| We'll call him Tim, because that's his name. Cooling off along the creek. |
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| This Way to our destination |
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| Taking a breather |
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| Whitetail Peak, 12,548' |
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| Conferring with the map |
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| God's Garden |
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| Off Trail travel to Triangle Lake |
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| Ship Lake |
Camp Life
We took two days to reach Triangle Lake and spent four nights and day hiked the nearby lakes before retreating back down.
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| Jeff and Dave |
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| Dave |
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| Jeff |
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| Tim |
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| A birthday balloon carried its way to our camp and we celebrated Dave's wife, Becky's BD! |
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| Yours Truly |
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| Reading C.S. Lewis |
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| Tim avoided the snoring and opted for a night sky view. |
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| More reading |
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| Boot repair |
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| boots fixed |
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| enjoying conversation with our morning coffee |
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| Jeff won our nightly Hearts card tournament. |
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| Cutthroat |
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| bean, fire roasted veggies and rice side dish |
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| Fish, it's whats for dinner |
Fish On!
Fishing the nearby lakes
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| Triangle Lake, 10,400' |
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| Kookoo Lake |
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| Fishing and catching are not the same thing! |
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| Day hiking to Marker Lake |
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| Marker Lake, 10,800' |
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| hiding from the wind |
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| I thought I heard a Pika, but found Jeff in the rocks. |
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| Bowback Lake |
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| when the fishing is slow |
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| Fishing West Fork Rock Creek |
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| Not quite big enough to beat Tim's lunker for the Big Fish Award |
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| Being checked by the Forest Service Wilderness Ranger |
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| Dinner |
Heading home
Sights on the trail out
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| Our high camp |
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| It Doesn't |
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| Tim, Jon, Dave, Jeff |
spectacular! thanks for sharing. Was the ranger the only person you saw while at the lakes?
ReplyDeleteOh no. The West Fork-Rock Creek is very popular and close to Red Lodge. The trail was very popular. However, when we left the trail and headed up towards Triangle, Ship lakes, we saw only one other group.
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