https://www.gaiagps.com/public/UzeH3PYY0aNR7UMQVwaTPKnj/?layer=GaiaTopoRasterMeters
Keebler Crew map.
https://www.gaiagps.com/public/cT39JtYljuNOZWi5biOw8XX8/
https://www.gaiagps.com/public/LTwWUlM1bPjQuxjkvMCNurdk/
https://aweewalk.blog/2009/10/31/cdt-big-sky-route-alt-notes/
https://trailjournals.com/journal/entry/269446
https://adrr.com/d20/2023/11/12/cdt-alternative-routes/
Otherwise the wedding was delightful.
Updates from Spoon:
The heat wave kicked it up to 97 degrees. That was hard.
There was also smoke.
The fires are just exploding even as some are under control and some closures are over.
Amtrak warned us our train will be late tomorrow morning.
Yesterday we were in West Glacier.
We had a perfect pitch (the key is higher settings on the poles—a full 48”).
Visiting deer.
We also got up early. Happy left at 4:30 am and I joined her by 5:30 or so.
The line at the permit office was already getting long but we got permits.
I did a run for morning coffee and cocoa as we waited.
Then we drove to Whitefish and lucked out with an early check in.
Then today we had the wedding.
After it was finished I was really feeling the heat. A black suit in 97 degree weather was warm. We dropped the car off at the airport and got a shuttle back to the hotel.
Tomorrow the shuttle takes us to the train station and we take the train to East Glacier and the trail.