Well, the Mother's Day caddis fly hatch is reportedly going off..
but some of us are still infatuated with snow sliding and the alpine!
(plenty of time for canoeing and spearfishing yet to come)
Cooke is currently a ghost town, with a slow, but ever increasing flux of tourists. Hawaiian Brian has been down in the Box (?). The Beartooth Highway is planned to open on schedule- with the east side plowed up to the State Line, and the Park Service doing their thing on the Clarks Fork side.
Beartooth Basin is looking to ski excellent, through July :). Well worth supporting. And in the meantime, the West Fork of Rock Creek is good to go for auto access to the trailhead.
(read: Whitetail, Castle and company)
Interesting about the West Fork. I got an email from Custer NF rep 2 days ago who said it was barricaded @ the Basin Campground where the pavement ends. Did you go up there?
ReplyDeleteHey Nick, I stopped into the Beartooth RD office on Wed. (to get a firewood permit) and they said the WF road was open and good to go (but muddy)..
DeleteGot it, thanks for the information Beau. Woohoo! West Fork season is on!
DeleteI called end of last week and heard the same about the Basin CG...
ReplyDeleteUpdate on West Fork- drove out today, and it is indeed barricaded just past the Basin Campground.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update John.! Sounds like a recipe for a bike assisted ski. (and having the place all to yourself :)
DeleteGearing up the Alpine Assault Vehicle as we speak.
ReplyDeleteThank you thank you all for the beta! And the stoke as always, Beau. Now to find the time with 'summer' in full swing...
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