We spent the past weekend on a two day hike led by expert outsdoorsman, and neighbor, Jim Weaver. We left on Saturday morning. The weather was nice out - sunny and warm. We drove out past trail 80 and started at the trailhead of Copper Creek. The first day ended up being 9 miles, all of it uphill and that took us about 5 hours. It was pretty snowy towards Jim's cabin. Andrew and I trailblazed the last 1.5 miles and ended up basically finding the cabin on our own.
Jim's cabin was amazing. He bought the land site unseen and built the cabin in one year, only working on it on weekends! The cabin itself accomodated all 21 of us comfortably. Also, the outhouse is the bathroom with the most picturesque view that I have ever had the privilege of using. I slept on the top loft along with 4 other people and it was very cozy. We had delicious burgers for dinner and went to bed pretty early.
Following morning was uneventful. Woke up, cleaned up, and got back on the trail. A few of us decided to try and go the long way - up through the biterroot pass, but after hiking a mile uphill, the three foot snowdrifts were too much. We ended up going back the way we came. 2.5 hrs later I was back at the trailhead. I ditched my bag and ran back to the lodge.
Weekend Status
Total Time: 27 hrs
Total Mileage: 42 miles (23 running, 19 hiking)
Total Climb: 1500 feet
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