Excellent trip report, thanks a lot for posting. It was cool to see a “local” trip report — I live in Hamilton, Montana. My girlfriend lives in Missoula so I spend a good bit of time up there. I haven’t done much hiking in the Rattlesnake Wilderness but have been curious about checking it out. I was planning to wait for summer to do some bikepacking there, but maybe later this winter I’ll try and get up there for an overnight. Pinnacle Foods are also one of my favorite freeze-dried backpacking meals.
If you’d ever like to coordinate on a hike or setting up a shuttle for a point-to-point trip in western Montana, or just to chat backpacking over a beer or something in Missoula, feel free to message me.
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