Butte America, USA

Went to Evel Knievel days last weekend. It was really something.

The Ridge

Talked Alan into "riding" from Bridger Bowl to the M on Sunday:



Goat!



"Hazy skies, caused by wildfire smoke originating in California, are likely to last throughout the summer."

Hail!

I made it home on the bike with less than a minute to spare. Holy cow, it sounded like someone was beating the house with bats. Looked like it afterward too.

Pollinators

A couple photos I took for a friend who is doing a project on native pollinators for The Pollinator Partnership.


Missed the wasp, but the shadow is pretty neat.

Snowboarding July 16th

Just south of Flathead Pass in the North Bridgers.

Lima peaks advocacy ride

The Dell Merc.


A sweet anticline



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100th post

The Bridgers from the top of the Stone Creek trail

These next couple are from a camping trip to the Lionhead area by West Yellowstone and Ennis.

Sheep Lake in the Lionhead


There is a threat that this trail will be closed to bikes. That would not be cool. You can write a letter here to try and prevent that. I think Sheep Creek is one of the best backcountry trails I've ridden in Montana, and I've ridden a few. Some more info on the closure here and here.


And here's one of the log bridges from that trail. This one was scary to ride because you had to turn onto it and loft your wheels about 8". The pressure was on for Aaron and he didn't even flinch.

I'm a winner!

I won first prize in the Action category of the first annual Outside Bozeman photo contest with a photo of Marshall on Mount Baldy just outside Bozeman (ha ha). They featured my photo in their latest issue along with the other winners. I get some kind of prize awarded to me at a ceremony or something at the end of the month, but they don't know what or when yet. Sweet.