In July 2021, I traveled to Montana to hike the Gallatin Crest Trail before attending the wedding of a friend in Big Sky, Montana. It was four days of beautiful scenery, solitude, sketchy route-finding, and bear-avoiding bliss. Here are the entries from that trip.

July 11: Westward Again! Day 1 in Bozeman, Montana

July 12: Gallatin Crest Day 0

July 13: Gallatin Crest Day 1: Hyalite Creek Trailhead to Crater Lake

July 14: Gallatin Crest Day 2: Crater Lake to Windy Pass

July 15: Gallatin Crest Day 3: Windy Pass to Ramshorn Lake

July 16: Gallatin Crest Day 4: Ramshorn Lake to Buffalo Horn Trailhead

If you’d prefer to read about the trail in a print format, you can order a copy of my mini zine HEY BEAR at this link.