New shop, and other things
The new store is finally live. You can buy the guidebook, straps, and stickers, with more to come later this year. Any issues? Let me know. The Open is coming up soon, with the early start date...
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Done
If on seeing the above creek you think it too small to packraft, you would mostly be right. Being there right on the heels of snowmelt would have put another 4-6 inches into it, which would have...
View ArticleFlathead Rivers management plan, this time for real
Back in 2019 I beat the drum for packrafters to comment on the Flathead Rivers management plan update. 5.5 years later, we’re at the same place, due to staffing, COVID, and one imagines political foot...
View ArticleThruhunting
Generally speaking, hunting and hiking are not compatible. Speaking here of big game hunting mostly, and understanding that species distributed far across the landscape often require extensive hiking...
View ArticleSummer vacation on the Middle Fork
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Q5MSUivgG0%3Fsi%3DJdH9wHoFBRMUZMND The logistics were simple, which was the point; park at the city airport in Kalispell, pay Red Eagle Aviation nearly $700 to fly us into...
View Article2024 Bob Open report
The 2024 Open ran from Rogers Pass to Woods Bay on Flathead Lake, making the second longest course yet. Conditions leading up to May 25th were mixed, with a mild winter and cool spring, and a big...
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The dad pack
Over the years I’ve made, and used, many very large backpacks; and while being a firm believer in having huge capacity and moderating packing choices rather than enforcing discipline with a crammed...
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Dearborn River micro-guide
The Dearborn River can, for the purposes of floating, be divided into five distinct sections. All of them are worthwhile destinations, with short seasons relative to neighboring streams. Some parts of...
View ArticleWest Grand loop; debrief and video
Planning post here, whose plan I followed pretty much dead on. Day one took me from Pearce Ferry, up Pearce Canyon, out the north fork of the south arm, and to a camp on the upper Sanup (where I...
View ArticleWest Grand loop; conception and planning
Back in December I drew a Grand Canyon river permit. I’d been trying for three years, putting in for the annual lottery, as well as for the winter cancellation permits, and after around 10 total...
View Article2023 Bob Open report
The 2023 Open ran from lower Holland Lake to Marias Pass, under overall kind conditions. A late spring led to a sunny May, with snow levels tapering northwards, and the foothills of Glacier having a...
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The monster table
Top is locust burl and epoxy, the sides finished with slow cure epoxy to seal the pokies, the face sanded to 1500 grit and finished with linseed oil. Legs are pieces of a spalted maple slab that...
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South Fork November debrief
I’ve long wanted to float the South Fork of the Flathead in all 9 months I reckon it is ever floatable, read not frozen, those being March through November, with both March and November not providing...
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The million dollar hat
Something on an exaggeration; but retail, this hat costs 55 dollars. Which seems excessive, even/especially in light of standard Pgucc truckers going for 35-39 dollars. Prior to this, my favorite foam...
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Alpacka Caribou review
When we bought an Alpacka Caribou this past winter, to replace our slower and whitewater-poor Double Duck, bikerafting capability was far down the list. Another Explorer 42 could have easily been...
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Things I made this year: Olivewood side table
Being a therapist I need a couch, and that couch needs a place for the lamp and folks’ coffee. The olive was a treat to myself earlier this year, as the 5ish foot length (of the most figured and funky...
View ArticleSmith River alone
The Smith is, for the time being, the only river in Montana which requires a permit. This has been the case since 1989, and the 59 mile “scenic” and mostly roadless stretch is now a state park, with a...
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Stuff I made last year: reclaimed wood pedestal desk
I moved to a new job last year, which provided a number of reasons to not write here. It also provided a reason to need a new desk, one being the small corner of my new office into which a desk best...
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Tenderfoot Creek packrafting
(update June 2022) Tenderfoot Creek is the largest west-running drainage in the Little Belt mountains. Like the mountains themselves, it is a unique and somewhat obscure place. It has a public lands...
View ArticlePatagonia STP Hoody; final thoughts
I’ve been using the Stretch Terre Planing hoody almost daily, and almost exclusively, for 18 months. It has proved to be as ideal a windshirt as I can imagine, without falling into hyperbolic hopes...
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