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No flying in these conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1562202887694-4JQEK3CJ2EH1N7674J7Y/camping_mists.jpg Bitterroots Day 2 Camping in the mists https://intheshiningmountains.com/bitterroots-day-1 daily 0.75 2019-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561836011767-O1VBBKOF0EB5XL6R58Y8/bitterroot_map_annotated_day1.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 Day 1: Entering the wilderness area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561482898927-D63BIYN4GEF9W0PZUSR9/timbered_flat_pack.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 Mile 8: Campsite at Ballinger creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561482951894-2ONHJR8Q8RZJ8171T86M/timbered_flat_marc.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561483024813-YRF9081XF5UOSUCSJDVN/bridge2.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 Bridge over the Selway at Three Links Creek. (Note: neither Dave nor I went this way) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561482488807-YI05KVBPE1ONS003OU6B/swimming+hole.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 Mile 4: Swimming hole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561482575667-ESGKKK4R637HA8W2B1MT/timbered_flat_swim.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561482402881-C1EYZOQGNIVP25DM5GI6/wilderness_boundary.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 Mile 2: Crossing into the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1561647157606-2BXU44V0OT4IVJO2SPH6/idaho_map.jpg Bitterroots Day 1 The drive: down route 12, then left onto Selway Road. Hiking route in blue. https://intheshiningmountains.com/bitterroots-day-3 daily 0.75 2019-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563850790620-QVETI5CEZ7EF49Y4YISC/flowers.jpg Bitterroots Day 3 Cedars, undergrowth, and crazy flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563850388259-FZCKGKIA805PV12HWKYY/old_airstrip.jpg Bitterroots Day 3 Old airstrip at the confluence of North and East forks Moose Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563851215130-Y9HNGCBZHXNI54EU2KOD/marc_fire.jpg Bitterroots Day 3 Warm my bones beside the fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563851117291-6KEDQ5D1ZWHV4ZUE25N1/John_Shean.jpg Bitterroots Day 3 John Shean’s grave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563850051301-9B0BKQTMQ4MJFIY2B6ZM/day3n4.jpg Bitterroots Day 3 Camping at the confluence of the North and East forks of Moose Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563850983476-HBZVLN54UDT0DLGL618V/eddie_wheeler.jpg Bitterroots Day 3 Eddie Wheeler’s grave. Granite stone placed in summer of 1977 just after Dave visited. Cedar slab in background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563850281329-MFHPV0HXLQKYYVZIDWEF/Flashflood.jpg Bitterroots Day 3 Log-jam from flash flooding https://intheshiningmountains.com/bitterroots-day-5 daily 0.75 2019-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1571835800173-04BD2PLU0J61K1DI1GGU/bridge.jpg Bitterroots Day 5 In retreat: the bridge over the East Fork of Moose Creek at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1571835594672-O1SESYN4XBV8FNDLLG1R/gaiters.jpg Bitterroots Day 5 The solution to wet boots! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1571834865575-9TUQKF7O6CB128GOYAZD/day5.jpg Bitterroots Day 5 North Fork exploration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1571835513215-542V1TKOXQX23B8BF7EM/ferns.jpg Bitterroots Day 5 Idyllic forest path… with sopping wet ferns https://intheshiningmountains.com/gear-information daily 0.75 2019-10-26 https://intheshiningmountains.com/dead-mans-flat daily 0.75 2019-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1572103521112-QVNOJN73FJTM69BZNGXN/deadmansflat.jpg Dead Mans Flat - Dead Man’s Flat Dead Man’s Flat https://intheshiningmountains.com/caldera-cone-stove daily 0.75 2019-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1572107035232-PC0EPGO1NUIS9EKMQEV3/caldera_stove.jpg Caldera Cone Stove Caldera Cone wood-burning stove https://intheshiningmountains.com/bitterroots-day-4 daily 0.75 2019-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563851400731-4OQX8608ONFAKOQ8B07M/north_fork_moose_creek.jpg Bitterroots Day 4 Looking up the North Fork of Moose Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1563850051301-9B0BKQTMQ4MJFIY2B6ZM/day3n4.jpg Bitterroots Day 4 Camping at the confluence of the North and East forks of Moose Creek https://intheshiningmountains.com/bitterroots-day-7 daily 0.75 2019-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1575917223446-G4Q0KD9G4O4VH5EFYIIX/forest_trail.jpg Bitterroots Day 7 Idyllic forest trail, high above the North Fork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1575917300595-412C8FE3ILXQRCI3TBS7/creek_crossing.jpg Bitterroots Day 7 A dangerous invitation. How hard can it be? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1575917130906-O135BERAP4SIH9OECE5F/hot+springs.jpg Bitterroots Day 7 Hot springs and happiness https://intheshiningmountains.com/bitterroots-day-6 daily 0.75 2019-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1575912332791-QE374J487AWCPQ89G7W3/tall_trees.jpg Bitterroots Day 6 Absurdly tall trees on the ridge near Three Links creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c27b2ff4eddecdc6f4294ae/1575912447631-OT9X5MYF3QXKUNAKZDB7/morning+routine.jpg Bitterroots Day 6 Packing up