Levi and I headed out Monday morning for a backwoods adventure in the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness area of the Kootenai National Forest near Libby, Montana. Ming couldn't have let us have a photo op with out her being in the shot.
Not many hikers have used the trail yet this year. The heavy snowpack from the winter along with plenty of blow downs caused the trail to be in rough shape. We climbed over many logs, and in some cases had to engage in some bushwacking just to detour around problems.
Besides backpacking we were 'packing' a little weaponry. The bears and the mountain lions must have known that we had a couple of different calibers of fire power because all we saw was one little squirrel.
We made camp at an elevation of 5571 ft, a little more than 5 miles from where we started. There were still snow patches all around our camp, though we were able to find a decent dry spot to pitch our tent. About the last mile of the trail was primarily snowpacked...firm enough to walk on, but every once in a while we got a little surprise when we sank in up to our knees. There were times when it was very difficult to discern the actual trail. Our days were clear and sunny - which also made it a little chilly at night.
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