Author: DaveC
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So much in the dark
I went for a ride after work, no longer a rushed commodity with the departure of daylight savings. I veered off the plan, thinking it might be worth seeing if Lone Pine State Park had really melted off in the last week. To my surprise it had. Dirt season is ON! Weather in the Flathead…
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The Thaw
It’s happening. The Middle Fork of the Flathead is at 3000 cfs, compared to 850 last weekend. Compare the following to this photo. Snowpack decreasing = spring. I woke up early this morning, out of hunger more than anything, but also to watch some cycling. An inch of fresh snow sat in the yard, and…
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Whitefish P3athlon race report
(I’m inventing the above appellation because Pole-Pedal-Paddle Triathlon is both ungainly and in the wrong order for this event.) The weather this morning and early afternoon was good for doing a race on a fairly innocuous course, which is to say it was 85% crap. The other 15% were left out because it wasn’t raining…
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The Junk Show
Tomorrow is the Pole-Pedal-Paddle triathlon up in Whitefish, and I’ve resolved to get full value by riding there and back and hauling all my gear. Speaking of full value, the forecast calls for 40s and 100% chance of precip. It took some thinkering and futzing, but past experience hauling skis and fly rods in the…
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Trees
It’s been a hard week to be at work, because after the invigoration of the trip last weekend, I don’t want to wait to get back out there. During distracted, more empty moments in my life I find I always have some totem of the recent best moments running through my head. For most of…
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TrailLite Designs Bandoleer pack
Thom Darrah, TrailLite owner, hooked a few BPLers up with prototypes to test. This is mine. Review thread here.
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Testing (testing)
My mission to ski the Nyack-Coal loop failed, but most everything else was a success. In short, bad snow and improperly broken-in boot liners conspired to make for a slow pace and painful feet, so I turned around. I still got to see Glacier, covered in snow but fast melting out, which can never been…
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3 Photos of 2 packs
Packing for a trip this weekend, and M thought is amusing to see the cavernous North Fork at full extension. Not so huge when cinched down, but huge for an overnight. Packraft, ski stuff, synthetic insulation. The plan: Nyack Creek and Coal Creek in Glacier. Spot link. Should be fun. Some new gear arrived this…
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Western Montana: A seasonal guide for outdoor recreation
The seasons dictate what we do outside and how we do it. Outdoor recreation is at it’s best when the intersection of equipment, terrain and weather come together to provide an experience which is aesthetically interesting and spiritually satisfying. Hauling a bike through unrideable powder or peanut butter mud does neither, nor does skiing micro-patches of summer snow…
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5 great packrafting videos
I’m getting psyched for boating, and right now, these are my favorites. In no particular order. I’m really looking forward to getting back into the South Fork valley. The wilderness scale and packraft-friendly terrain would seem to make it the float in the lower 48. The long-form Chris and Al have been hiding. Awesome…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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