This weekend is our monthly Club run. We are going to run Independence Pass to Blue Lake (just south of Big Timber). We suggest running this overnight and camp at the top. It can be done in a day but it would be a LONG day. Last year we left Bozeman about 8am and got to the lake by around 3:30/4pm. This was with an hour stop at Natural Bridges to poke around and an hour long lunch as well.
This is a mild trail with a few technical spots. Last year the bushes were tight in spots so expect some pin stripping like most trails here in Montana. Nothing crazy, just a heads up.
The plan is to meet up at Natural Bridges, get the group together and air down.
This is a LONG out and back with about 20ish miles of washboard roads to get to the trail head. Once on the trail it is scenic and easy with a few technical spots. A few of us ran it last year and we got @AdventureFamily through with their trailer no problem. I would think any stock Toyota 4x4 with a good driver will walk right up the trail. Think Goose Lake views with 1/4 of the technical difficulty.
This is big bear country so everyone needs to be prepared to camp accordingly.
Closest gas is in Big Timber/Livingston . We had plenty on stock tanks last year with no need for extra gas. You can take the dirt road out of Livingston and it takes just as long.
The plan right now (depending on who's in) is to meet up at Natural Bridges at 10, air down and head out. Google says Natural Bridges is an 1hr 30min from Bozeman.
So...
Who is in!?
This is a mild trail with a few technical spots. Last year the bushes were tight in spots so expect some pin stripping like most trails here in Montana. Nothing crazy, just a heads up.
The plan is to meet up at Natural Bridges, get the group together and air down.
This is a LONG out and back with about 20ish miles of washboard roads to get to the trail head. Once on the trail it is scenic and easy with a few technical spots. A few of us ran it last year and we got @AdventureFamily through with their trailer no problem. I would think any stock Toyota 4x4 with a good driver will walk right up the trail. Think Goose Lake views with 1/4 of the technical difficulty.
This is big bear country so everyone needs to be prepared to camp accordingly.
Closest gas is in Big Timber/Livingston . We had plenty on stock tanks last year with no need for extra gas. You can take the dirt road out of Livingston and it takes just as long.
The plan right now (depending on who's in) is to meet up at Natural Bridges at 10, air down and head out. Google says Natural Bridges is an 1hr 30min from Bozeman.
So...
Who is in!?