Montana 2020

Post date: Sep 24, 2019 5:17:31 PM

Post Trip

Photo Album

Cost: $178 per person

Quick Facts

Date: July 4 -18th, 2020

Where: Glacier National Park

What: Backpacking Camping

Itinerary

July 4 (travel day: 8 hours)

• Depart: 7 am

  • Austin -> Amarillo

• Arrive: 4-5pm: Kwahadi Museum of the American Indian and Sybil B. Harrington Activity Center

  • • • 9151 Interstate 40 East, Amarillo, Texas ((806) 335-3175)

      • Lodging ($7) and Dance ($5) (dance starts at 7 pm)

• Activity: Movie Game

July 5 (travel day: 8 hours)

• • Depart Amarillo (7:30 am) -> Upper Narrows Campground

    • Directions: Drive 10 miles north of Fort Collins on Highway 287. Turn left (west) onto Hwy 14 and proceed 20 miles to the campground.

  • Arrive (4:00 pm) Cache la Poudre (elevation: 6,400 feet; average low 46; average high 78)

• Activity: License Plate Game

July 6 (travel day: 9 hours)

• • Depart (8:00 am): Upper Narrows Campground

  • Arrive: RIVERSIDE (ID - TARGHEE) Caribou-Targhee National Forest (9 hours)

    • elevation: 6,200 ft; high temp: 81, low temp: 42

  • Activities: Mad Libs

July 7 (travel day: ~6 hours)

• • Depart: (8:00am) :Riverside Campground, ID

  • Arrive: (~3:00pm) Benchmark Trail Head - Augusta,MT (5 Hours 45 minutes)

    • Directions: From Augusta, go west on Forest Road 235 about 30 miles

    • Elevation: 5,311 ft; High Temp: 80, Low Temp: 49

  • Hike --> Backpacking in the Bob Marshall Complex, Benchmark Trail Head: Start our backpacking adventure with hiking about 8 miles to set up camp.

    • If we hit the trail by 4:00pm with 8 miles to go (4 Hours of hiking) we should arrive to set up camp by 8:00pm.

July 8 (Backpacking in the Bob)

• • Location: The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex

• Wake up: 9:00am??

• Hike --> Backpacking in the Bob: Hike about another 8 miles and set up camp. (4 Hours of hiking + 1 hour lunch = ~5 hour day)

  • With only about 4 hours of hiking we can be flexible with our time. Hike early and set up camp to hang out for the rest of the day or take our time to leave camp???

• Activity: Photo Scavenger Hunt

July 9 (Backpacking in the Bob)

• • Location: The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex

• ***Day hike only, we will keep the same camp. ***

  • Hiking Options: Day Packs only

    • If you are tired you can stay at camp (Have a down day)

    • You can hike about ~ 12 miles round trip to Moose Creek Junction

    • You can hike about ~21 miles round trip to the Chinese Wall up to the Larch Hill pass junction (Could possible have lunch near larch hill pass if we left early enough) ( At approx. 2 miles per hour pace this would be about 10 hours of hiking + 1 hour lunch + extra stops = ~ 12 hour day - If we start hiking around 7:00am we would return around 7:00pm with at least 2 hours of daylight left or more) As of today (05/27/2020) Sunrise in Augusta, MT is 5:39 am and Sunset is at 9:14pm - So they have nice long days even in May

• Activity: Find a nice cool body of water and soak your feet! :-P

July 10 (Backpacking in the Bob)

• • Location: The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex

• Wake up: 9:00am??

• Hike --> Backpacking in the Bob: Hike about 8 miles back to our previous camp and set up. (4 Hours of hiking + 1 hour lunch = ~5 hour day)

  • With only about 4 hours of hiking we can be flexible with our time. Hike early and set up camp to hang out for the rest of the day or take our time to leave camp???

• Activity:

July 11: aka GRANT DZURENKO'S 17TH BIRTHDAY!!! (Backpacking in the Bob/Travel Day: ~3.5hours)

• • Location: The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex

  • Wake up: 7 am:

  • Leave Camp: 8 am

    • Hike --> Last Day Backpacking in the Bob Marshall Complex with hiking about 8 miles back to the Benchmark Trail Head.

      • If we hit the trail by 8:00 am with 8 miles to go (4 Hours of hiking) we should arrive at Benchmark by 12:00 pm for lunch.

  • Depart: 2 pm: Benchmark Trail Head - Emery Bay Campground, MT

  • Groceries: Glacier Family Foods in Browning, MT

  • Arrive: 7 pm: Dispersed Camping site near Emery Bay Campground, MT (Approx. 4-hour drive)

July 12 (Dispersed Camping site near Emery Bay Campground, MT) - Zero-Day

• Location: Dispersed Camping Near Emery Bay Campground

• Activity: relaxing at Flathead Lake

July 13 (Dispersed Camping site near Emery Bay Campground, MT) - Zero-Day

• • Activity: Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park (starts at the Glacier NP - West Entrance)

July 14 (Travel Day )

• • Depart: Dispersed Camping site near Emery Bay Campground, MT

  • Arrive: Bridge Bay Campground, Yellowstone National Park (9 hours)

  • Hikes: Narrow Gauge Terrace (time permitting)

  • Shopping for the next group & Lunch in Helena, MT Walmart ( Lunch will be Subway within the Walmart)

July 15

• Location: Bridge Bay Campground, Yellowstone National Park (zero day - all day at the park)

• Hikes

July 16

• • Hikes: Old Faithful

  • Leave: Yellowstone

  • Arrive: Ryan Park Campground, Medicine Bow National Forest (7 hours)

July 17

• MBNF -> Amarillo (10 hours)

  • Jack Bryant Scouting Center, 1615 Bellaire Street, Amarillo, Texas 79106

  • Contact Doug Walker (806-341-4343)

July 18

• Amarillo -> Austin (8 hours)

Meal Summary

Cookbook

Equipment

Meal Prep

Packing List

Backpacking

Our generic backpacking list can be found here: http://www.crew1409.com/crew-resources#TOC-3-Day-Backpacking-Trip

Other

In addition to the backpacking items, the following are recommended:

• • Camp chair

  • Pillow

  • Car blanket

  • Personal snacks

  • Bathing supplies

  • Cash (~$30)

To Do List

Group 1: find road trip lunch spots

Training

• • Hypothermia: Anna - complete

  • Bear Safety: Katy - complete

  • Leave No Trace: Grant - complete

  • Dehydration: Lynna - complete

  • Ticks: James - complete

• Rocky Mountain Pledge

  • Hygiene: Rana - complete

Attendees

Planning Groups

Group 1

• • Lynna, Anna, Grant D

  • July 4th - July 8th

Group 2

• • Rana, James, Katy, Anna

  • July 9th - July 13th

Group 3

• • Ian, Mariana, Grant K

  • July 14th - July 18th

Route

Driving Way Points

Costs

Reservations

Kwahadi

Late Arrivals – Contact Information

If you arrive after hours on nights when no performance is scheduled, call when you about an hour away: Charles Ritchie: 806-654-4890, David Fry: 806-336-8419 or home 806-358-7728; John Stich: 806-282-5480 or home: 806-358-3338; Bill Burnett: 806-626-8108

Museum Business Hours

During the summer months of June through mid-August, the museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, 1 – 5 pm each day and until about 9 pm on show nights. During the school year the museum is open Saturdays and Sundays, 1 – 5 pm and late on winter performance nights.

Museum telephone: 806-335-3175.

ARRIVALS: Call Charles Ritchie or the museum when you are about one hour away

Upper Narrows, Colorado

Riverside

Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pbStMKGSqZefZhvg7

Medicine Bow

Links

Parks

Glacier National Park

Grand Tetons National Park

Medicine Bow National Forest

Rocky Mountain National Park

Waterton Lakes National Parks of Canada

Waterton Lakes National Park Maps

Yellowstone National Park

Misc

Passports

Weather

Fiction Reading

• • Joe Pickett series by C. J. Box (Wyoming)

  • Longmire series by Craig Johnson (Wyoming)

  • Close Range by E. Annie Proulx (Wyoming)

  • The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans (Montana)

  • The Shining by Stephen King (Colorado)