This document summarizes Edith Conyers' 10-day pack trip through the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana in 2013. The trip began at the Rich Ranch where they prepared the horses and gear. Over the course of the trip, the group camped in various locations while hiking, fishing, and enjoying the scenery. They crossed several rivers and creeks, climbed mountains like Jumbo and Haystack, and saw sites like Pearl Basin and the Chinese Wall. The trip concluded after traveling up Gordon Creek to their last camp near Shirtail Camp before returning to civilization at the Rich Ranch.

1. Montana Trip, 2013
Bozeman, YNP, and on to the Rich
Ranch
For our 10 day Pack Trip in
Bob Marshall Wilderness

2. Gallatin Valley
Elkhorn Ranch, MT
2

4. Day trip Bozeman, Livingston,
Gardiner, YNP, West Yellowstone
And back to
Bozeman Via Ennis

5. Yellowstone
River

6. Devil’s Slide
Gardiner, MT
On Yellowstone R.

7. Driving down
Into Yellowstone NP

8. Hebgen Lake on way to
West Yellowstone

9. Quake Lake
On the way from
West Yellowstone
To Ennis, MT

10. Rich Ranch and the beginning
of the Pack Trip into the “BOB”
Day one
At the ranch and getting ready to
leave.

12. The Lodge

13. The Branding Iron Cabin
Mine was # 7 on the right.

15. The Saddle
Room

16. The Shop

17. Packing up all the gear at
The Ranch to truck up to the
The horses

18. We travelled over
Pyramid Pass
To Pyramid Lake for
lunch

20. Leota Camp
Below Leota Peak
1st night camp

21. Breakiing camp first day
Out of Leota

22. Fording the upper
end of the So. Fork
Flathead River

23. Crossing Youngs Creek nearly to camp at
Camp Creek
Crossing
Youngs Creek
Nearly to Camp

24. 2nd night camp at Camp Creek

25. Fishing with Jack
Ace and Betsy Smith
On Youngs Creek

26. Ride up to top of Jumbo
Mountain to Fire Lookout

27. Jumbo mountain manned lookout tower

28. Yes I really was there

31. South end of the
Chinese Wall at
Pearl Basin

33. Jack Rich
At Pearl Basin
Relaxing.

35. Meeting another
Pack string on our way to
Holbrook Camp on the
South Fork of the Flathead

36. Crossing the Flathead
To get to east side to get to
Holbrook Camp just south
Of the White River

37. Sunset on the river
Looking at Bullet Nose Mtn.

38. Yes I really was there
My horse is RJ
We are headed to
Haystack Mtn top of wall

39. Looking back down the
White River from whence we have
Come. Now to the top

41. Pearl Basin to
Left of this mountain

42. Wall extends
For 34 miles in
2 sections.

43. Back down we go
9 miles up and 9 back
4 hours one way.

44. Spirit Trees,
Indians used them
to subsist in bad
weather by eating
the Cambian layer,
always on NE
Side of Ponderosa
tree. Some trees
probably 400 YO

46. Second to last day and we are headed
A long way up Gordon’s creek to spend the
Night at Shirtail Camp near Shaws Creek

47. YUP—I am still here
On banks of
Gordon’s Creek Last camp

48. Becky and her
Dad, Paul

49. Up and up over Gordon’s Pass to
Upper Holland for lunch.

52. Mission Mountains

53. Big Holland Lake
Trailhead at far end on
Left. Mission Mtns beyond

56. Back to civilization

57. The End of a really great pack
trip with a really great outfitter
and a great time was had by all
Pictures and words
By
Edith Conyers