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A couple of details? Great trip and trip report, including the off-sight pictures. If you would have time for a couple or three questions, I'd be grateful. Feel free to use a PM if for any reason you'd prefer to. ---What was the descent from Big Hole Pass, west of Wisdom, down into Idaho to...

Livingston Mine Great blog report, Whazoo, and thanks for the always enjoyable reading. On each side of Railroad Ridge are workings of the Livingston Mine: Little Livingston on the north side and Livingston on the south side. The larger Livingston mine was connected to the mill complex by...

BLM Lands on maps The Benchmark Road and Recreation Atlases show BLM lands as a separate shade (generally a faint pink color) from National Forest and other Federal and State lands. At around $25 per state, they're a bit spendy, but I would not dream of long traverses across several Western...

The Hotel Meade Hotel Meade began its life in Bannack in 1875, a decade after the Territorial Capital moved to Virginia City, MT. It was built as the Beaverhead County Courthouse. In 1881, however, Dillon (with the railroad) became the county seat. A Dr. Meade purchased the old courthouse...

Western MT today Thanks for the trip report and all of the pics of some of my favorite places on this planet, including Rock Creek, Bannack, and the terrain in between. Good that you went through when you did: On July 16 lightning started a series of fires which have closed all of Rock...

Rock Creek Road closed due to fires Just learned that Rock Creek Road is closed from just south of I-90 all the way to MT 348 (the road to Philipsburg). The Sapphire Complex of fires, mostly from The Dalles north to about the MP 5 area, has been burning since July 13. Foy

Rock Creek memories! We've spent many a night along Rock Creek, first at The Dalles campground car camping in our 1977 Honda Civic, then 4 different full weeks at Hogback Homestead Cabin, several nights at the Stony Creek FS cabin, and most recently 5 nights at Bitterroot Flats campground in...

Vista Point along the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Parkway You missed a good opportunity to wet a line at Vista Point. Every time I've fished those meanders in the meadow in the foreground I've caught brookies by the pound and most often a few arctic grayling. The mountain on the right in the...