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Welcome to our Gallery of Backpacking Trips! Our love of backpacking has led us over many trails throughout the mountains of Montana. Some trips are short overnight excursions, however the longer we do this the longer our trip become! We hope you will enjoy these photos, even though we are not professional photographers! We have tried to document our trips, trail’s and experiences so that it may help you if you are planning a trip to these areas.

Our 2009 Chinese Wall Trip was awesome! July 25 - August 7th a 14 day trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness. We hiked around the Chinese Wall, a 100 mile loop from the Silvertip trailhead, see our pictures below.

"Respect and Enjoy the Wilderness!"

David Krause and Jodie Hooker
of Missoula, Montana

H2oDawg204@msn.com
406-239-7588

Featured Galleries

Chinese Wall 2009 : 14 day loop around the Chinese Wall from the Silvertip Trailhead. This trailhead is located at the far eastern edge of Hungry Horse Dam. What a spectacular trip! We traveled over 100 miles of beautiful wild country on this trip. Our packs going in were 90 pounds and when we came out they were 60...crazy aren't we!! But we love our comfort and good food when we are out.

Chinese Wall 2009

14 day loop around the Chinese Wall from the Silvertip Trailhead. Thi ...

Updated: Sep 13, 2009 2:42pm PST

Big Creek Lake : 3 day trip over the Fourth of July 2009 in the Bitterroot Mountains south of Missoula!

Big Creek Lake

3 day trip over the Fourth of July 2009 in the Bitterroot Mountains so ...

Updated: Oct 14, 2009 3:01pm PST

Trilobite Loop 2008 : 13 day trip: August of 2008, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. This 80 mile loop began and ended at Swift Reservoir outside of Dupuyer Montana. So far this has been our longest trip yet, no food drops…just some heavy packs and a couple of crazy people, and one great dog!

Trilobite Loop 2008

13 day trip: August of 2008, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Monta ...

Updated: Sep 21, 2008 2:19pm PST

Big Salmon Lake Loop - 2007 : 9 day trip: July of 2007, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. This 58 mile loop began and ended at Holland Lake just north of Seeley Lake Montana. This was our Honeymoon Trip and we took off 3 days after finishing the Missoula Marathon!! The highlight of this trip was all of the wildlife we saw. Some we were able to capture on camera, like the mother moose and her twin babies.

Big Salmon Lake Loop - 2007

9 day trip: July of 2007, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana ...

Updated: Aug 22, 2009 7:22pm PST

Galleries

WTR Outfitters 2008 : Jack and Karen Hooker (Jodie's parents) own WTR Outfitters in Ovando Montana. They have been outfitting in the Bob Marshall Wilderness for over 40 years. Here are a few pictures from 2008 that Jodie's son Dale took while he was working for them this past summer. They are retiring and looking to sell their entire business, call Jodie for more information 406-239-7588

WTR Outfitters 2008

Jack and Karen Hooker (Jodie's parents) own WTR Outfitters in Ovando M ...

Updated: Jan 13, 2009 5:34pm PST

Ward Mountain 2008 : Day Hike to the top of Ward Mountain in the Bitterroot Selway Wilderness of Montana. October 8th, 2008...this was a great hike climbing 5.83 Miles to the summit at 9150 elevation. There is an old lookout, long since gone on the top, remnants of the foundation can be seen.

Ward Mountain 2008

Day Hike to the top of Ward Mountain in the Bitterroot Selway Wilderne ...

Updated: Jan 13, 2009 2:46pm PST

Lake Como 2008 : Overnight trip at Lake Como in the Bitterroot Valley. Dave’s father from Kansas, as well as his daughter Jade and nephew Michael all went with us! Fall is such a beautiful time of year here in Montana! Dates: September 27th & 28th 2008

Lake Como 2008

Overnight trip at Lake Como in the Bitterroot Valley. Dave’s father ...

Updated: Sep 29, 2008 9:48am PST

Trilobite Loop 2008 : 13 day trip: August of 2008, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. This 80 mile loop began and ended at Swift Reservoir outside of Dupuyer Montana. So far this has been our longest trip yet, no food drops…just some heavy packs and a couple of crazy people, and one great dog!

Trilobite Loop 2008

13 day trip: August of 2008, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Monta ...

Updated: Sep 21, 2008 2:19pm PST

Bryan Lake 2008 : Overnight trip to Bryan Lake in the Bitterroot Selway Wilderness in Montana.

Bryan Lake 2008

Overnight trip to Bryan Lake in the Bitterroot Selway Wilderness in Mo ...

Updated: Aug 27, 2008 3:37pm PST

Big Salmon Lake Loop - 2007 : 9 day trip: July of 2007, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. This 58 mile loop began and ended at Holland Lake just north of Seeley Lake Montana. This was our Honeymoon Trip and we took off 3 days after finishing the Missoula Marathon!! The highlight of this trip was all of the wildlife we saw. Some we were able to capture on camera, like the mother moose and her twin babies.

Big Salmon Lake Loop - 2007

9 day trip: July of 2007, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana ...

Updated: Aug 22, 2009 7:22pm PST

Sock Lake Loop 2006 : 8 day trip: July of 2006, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. One of our first longer trips! This trip was 53 miles starting out at the South Fork of the Teton Trailhead and headed for the continental divide to visit a few high mountain lakes and then back out at the Middle Fork of the Teton Trailhead. Overall elevation gain: 11,231 feet!

Sock Lake Loop 2006

8 day trip: July of 2006, into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. ...

Updated: Sep 20, 2008 4:34pm PST

Lake Otatsy 2006 : Three day trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness. This was our first early spring trip, and boy did we have a lot to learn about the right kind of equipment for this time of year!!!

Lake Otatsy 2006

Three day trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness. This was our first e ...

Updated: Oct 06, 2008 11:29am PST

Holland Lake 2005 : OUR FIRST BACPACKING TRIP! Fall of 2005. This was the trip to decide if backpacking was for us or not! As you can tell we did decide we LOVED IT!! We have gained a lot of knowledge these past few years and hope you will enjoy seeing the progress!

Holland Lake 2005

OUR FIRST BACPACKING TRIP! Fall of 2005. This was the trip to decide ...

Updated: Oct 03, 2008 7:12pm PST

Flowers & Food : We create all of our own backpacking food with a dehydrator. It is nice to be able to spice it up the way you like it and we enjoy the challenge of learning how to make our menus better and better! We also like to supplement our trips with fresh salads and fruit when we can. Use extreme caution in identifying any wild plants or fruits before eating, we highly recommend taking a good plant book with you. Beware of allergic reactions as well.

Flowers & Food

We create all of our own backpacking food with a dehydrator. It is ni ...

Updated: Apr 03, 2009 7:02pm PST

Chaplin - Wildlife : Patrick Chaplin is a friend of ours who has some really fabulous pictures that we wanted to share! Hopefully we will have great pictures like this someday too!!

Chaplin - Wildlife

Patrick Chaplin is a friend of ours who has some really fabulous pictu ...

Updated: Oct 01, 2008 11:49am PST

Chaplin - Landscapes : Patrick Chaplin is a friend of ours who has some really fabulous pictures that we wanted to share! Hopefully we will have great pictures like this someday too!!

Chaplin - Landscapes

Patrick Chaplin is a friend of ours who has some really fabulous pictu ...

Updated: Oct 06, 2008 8:25am PST

Big Creek Lake : 3 day trip over the Fourth of July 2009 in the Bitterroot Mountains south of Missoula!

Big Creek Lake

3 day trip over the Fourth of July 2009 in the Bitterroot Mountains so ...

Updated: Oct 14, 2009 3:01pm PST

Chinese Wall 2009 : 14 day loop around the Chinese Wall from the Silvertip Trailhead. This trailhead is located at the far eastern edge of Hungry Horse Dam. What a spectacular trip! We traveled over 100 miles of beautiful wild country on this trip. Our packs going in were 90 pounds and when we came out they were 60...crazy aren't we!! But we love our comfort and good food when we are out.

Chinese Wall 2009

14 day loop around the Chinese Wall from the Silvertip Trailhead. Thi ...

Updated: Sep 13, 2009 2:42pm PST

Our Dogs! : Sweet Annie (a cross breed of ??!) who we rescued in December of 2009 and Sergio who came to live with us at the tender age of 6 months (Rhodesian Ridgeback) in October of 2009. We also have a few pictures here of Dusty (Blue Heeler)who was our adopted dog that we took on several of our backpacking trips!

Our Dogs!

Eds Creek Road : For Sale for $180,000 9.73 acres of land with an liveable but unfinished home. Power, water, septic, and more! Borders Forest Service lands.

Eds Creek Road

For Sale for $180,000 9.73 acres of land with an liveable but unfinis ...

Updated: Nov 17, 2009 4:02pm PST

BEAR - Food Hanging System : This is The "BEAR" System! "Backpacking Enthusiasts And Recreationalists" This is a food hanging system, to help you spend more time enjoying your hobby and less time worrying about how you will hang your food and garbage to keep it safe from bears and other wild animals! This system allows you to get the rope in the tree easier, and reduces the pull weight of what you want to hang by 2/3rds, making this process MUCH EASIER!! The entire system weighs just barely over 1 pound and costs $100. plus shipping. There is a 1 year satisfaction guarantee, and please allow time for deliver since each system is hand made by your fellow backpacker! Give us a call or email today for more details. 406-239-7588 or H2oDawg204@msn.com

BEAR - Food Hanging System

This is The "BEAR" System! "Backpacking Enthusiasts And Recreation ...

Updated: Jun 15, 2009 8:44pm PST