zozeppelin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:36 pm
Awesome Scott, glad the persistence paid off! That is a great itinerary (upgrade BRO to HOL on arrival if you can).
If sites do stay closed, others may open in Belly River as people abandon Northern Traverse or PNW trail itineraries.
zozeppelin,
Since my hiking buddy and I did BOW - HOL - BOU - KIN in 2019 and I missed visiting the park in 2020 for the frist time since 2002, the Belly River would be my preference for this trip but it just hasn't worked out so far.
Yes, from what I hear, Hole-In-The-Wall would be a pretty big upgrade from Brown Pass campsite. I've not stayed at Brown Pass but I've been at Hole-In-The-Wall a few times. HOL is magnificent!
Doing roughly the same trip as 2019 wouldn't be the worst thing that ever happened to me (Ha!) but I would like to show my friend the Mokowanis Cascades and perhaps even go all the way to Stoney Indian Pass before coming back the way we came in (Chief MT). In a perfect world, GAB - GLH - GLH - GAB would be what I would like to get. We could make a little side trip to MOL on Day 2 and then spend day 3 dayhiking as far towards Stoney Indian Pass as we felt like doing.
Goat Haunt being shut down for taking the tour boat to Waterton and the Tamerack Shuttle to Chief Mountian is a shame but what do you do?
A 3 or 4 night Gunsight Pass trip is another option but we won't have a second car this time around and either initially getting to the trailhead to start or getting to the trailhead at the end to retrieve the car would complicate things.
Ever since yesterday morning the Backcountry Advance Reservation page, the What's Available Tonight Page & the Trail & Area Closure Page have been offline. I like keeping an eye on things so I hope those pages come back up soon.
Best regards,
Scott