Big Creek. My new home.

This pic was taken from my front porch. Huckleberry Mountain over my boss' casa. If only the sky would stop peeing...

Bitterroot bound.

A long weekend in Missoula between jobs, meant a return to perhaps my favorite time/thing of the year. Spring climbing season in the Bitterroot. A couple of excellent days sandwiched between weeks of rain and depressing gloom.


7' tall Dylan illustrating how huge Midnight Lightbulb is.


Dylan, 4th and inches on "The Cradle and All." Scotty sent before I even had my camera out.


Girl's Best Friend. Lost Horse's forgotten gem.


Scot on the proj.


Kevin "K-Biscuit" Barnet, on Razorback. Kootenai canyon.


Heading to the Blacksmith Brewery. Yayyyyy!

Because Charlie Russell is a badass.

How I plan to deal with grizzlies this summer.

Westward ho. Fuck I-90.

The Crazies from the North.


Harlowton


All thats left of the Old Milwaukee


Backwoods trailer park. Checkerboard, MT.


The Big Belts. Mt. Baldy, and Mt. Edith (9,500').


Spires of the Castle mountains. Above White Sulphur Springs.


The Conoco big rigs, East of Townsend. These things are effing huge... and guarded by a security detail.


The lovely East Helena coal yard.

Essentials

Packing my bags for the spring/summer in the park. These are the items that no seasonal laborer or seasoned dirtbag should leave home without.



1.) Flyrod

2.) Electronic social life.

3.) Climbing gear

4.) Hatchet/Axe (for hunter gather related duties, and protection in the case of "Deliverance" like scenarios.)

5.) Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (Less tasteful options are not only allowed but encouraged.)

6.) Barley Soda

7.) Mexican shower stick (a.k.a. deodorant)

8.) Nerve steadier/laxative (Copenhagen)

9.) Electronic campfire

10.) Cribbage board (Used for settling debates ...if debate remains unsettled see #4.)

-Honorable mentions include instant coffee, canned tuna, the leatherman, toilet paper, first aid kit, and girls.

The Yellowstone from Laurel.

Lifty Life

Yesterday marked my last day working at Red Lodge. Here is a sampler of what my life entailed. Missing in the series are douchy steezbags, North Dakotans in Caarhart onesies, hangovers, and actual snowboarding. Click on pics to enlarge.


Mt. Maurice in the mornin'.


Willow creek lift.


How my days were spent.


Obviously its a very complicated job.


Excellent graffiti found in a lift shack. Please note the box next to my name is not checked.


Red Lodge Mountain late season powder day. 7:30 in the morning.