Montana Trip, 2013

Bozeman, YNP, and on to the Rich Ranch

For our 10 day Pack Trip in

Bob Marshall Wilderness

Gallatin Valley

Elkhorn Ranch, MT

2

Day trip Bozeman, Livingston,

Gardiner, YNP, West Yellowstone

And back to

Bozeman Via Ennis

Yellowstone

River

Devil’s Slide

Gardiner, MT

On Yellowstone R.

Driving down

Into Yellowstone NP

Hebgen Lake on way to

West Yellowstone

Quake Lake

On the way from

West Yellowstone

To Ennis, MT

Rich Ranch and the beginning

of the Pack Trip into the “BOB”

Day one

At the ranch and getting ready to

leave.

The Lodge

The Branding Iron Cabin

Mine was # 7 on the right.

The Saddle

Room

The Shop

Packing up all the gear at

The Ranch to truck up to the

The horses

We travelled over

Pyramid Pass

To Pyramid Lake for

lunch

Leota Camp

Below Leota Peak

1st night camp

Breakiing camp first day

Out of Leota

Fording the upper

end of the So. Fork

Flathead River

Crossing Youngs Creek nearly to camp at

Camp Creek

Crossing

Youngs Creek

Nearly to Camp

2nd night camp at Camp Creek

Fishing with Jack

Ace and Betsy Smith

On Youngs Creek

Ride up to top of Jumbo

Mountain to Fire Lookout

Jumbo mountain manned lookout tower

Yes I really was there

South end of the

Chinese Wall at

Pearl Basin

Jack Rich

At Pearl Basin

Relaxing.

Meeting another

Pack string on our way to

Holbrook Camp on the

South Fork of the Flathead

Crossing the Flathead

To get to east side to get to

Holbrook Camp just south

Of the White River

Sunset on the river

Looking at Bullet Nose Mtn.

Yes I really was there

My horse is RJ

We are headed to

Haystack Mtn top of wall

Looking back down the

White River from whence we have

Come. Now to the top

Pearl Basin to

Left of this mountain

Wall extends

For 34 miles in

2 sections.

Back down we go

9 miles up and 9 back

4 hours one way.

Spirit Trees,

Indians used them

to subsist in bad

weather by eating

the Cambian layer,

always on NE

Side of Ponderosa

tree. Some trees

probably 400 YO

Second to last day and we are headed

A long way up Gordon’s creek to spend the

Night at Shirtail Camp near Shaws Creek

YUP—I am still here

On banks of

Gordon’s Creek Last camp

Becky and her

Dad, Paul

Up and up over Gordon’s Pass to

Upper Holland for lunch.

Mission Mountains

Big Holland Lake

Trailhead at far end on

Left. Mission Mtns beyond

Back to civilization

The End of a really great pack

trip with a really great outfitter

and a great time was had by all

Pictures and words

By

Edith Conyers