Days Off

One off day per week means you have to climb a mountain when you get the chance. This is from a few weeks ago, me and Joe 'attempted' Sugarloaf, the same Sugarloaf I 'attempted' last year. We underestimated the traverse along a ridge, and turned back before the summit. The windy afternoon spent along the burnt red ridge with a thunderstorm threatening to the east was enough for us that day.


This was last week. Another guide Travis, from Ohio, and I climbed up Mt. Margaret. A beautiful clear afternoon turned into a lightning and thunder show, then as Margaret was engulfed by that thunder cloud it turned into a descent in the fog. This is a shot of the fog moving in over the ridge we're hiking down. Great views of the national park from the top.

The same day. A little bit of clouds, a little bit of Margaret, a little bit of the Park Road, a little bit of the Savage River. A great expanse of valley to watch the shadows of clouds and mountains shift throughout the day.

And yesterday was my day off for this week, spent hopping on a bus into the park for a few hours. Seeing my first grizzlies of the year, a sow and two cubs, a safe distance away from the safety of the bus, just how I like it.