01/09/2025
Sorry we’ve been MIA, folks! We’ve been pushing hard to get to Canada before the snow flies without much rest. After Yellowstone, we hiked through Idaho + took the Big Sky cutoff where we met the coolest trail angel ever, Candypants! She took us in, spoiled us and drove our food boxes to us that were late. We hiked through Big Sky, road walked (a lot) and spent too much time in burned forests climbing into Helena, Montana. There, Ville saw a chiropractor because his back was so bad and we hope it lasts to the end. After three days of hiking, we hitched into Lincoln, where we made it right back to the trail for our longest stretch on trail, 195 miles through the Bob Marshall Wilderness. It turned out to be our most challenging stretch yet. Two days in (of 7 days of carrying food) we were stopped by a small fire and rerouted an additional 15 miles without a way to get more food. So…up at 5am every morning, hike until 8pm each day with barely enough food on terribly maintained trails, freezing temps at night, hot days, more burned forests, but we found some instant coffee packets to lift our spirits. We saw The Wall, lots of cougar tracks and heard wolves + coyotes howling 🐺 We made it to East Glacier, ate like rabid hyenas + hitched into Two Medicine to organize our camp spots through Glacier National Park for our last stretch to Canada! Wish us luck. Until next time, keep on, keepin’ on ya’ll 😘
