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    TR: A little walk across the park in MT.

    After a few months of suffering through the most foolish and absurd hazing experience of my life, we took a little stroll across Montucky, right up next to Canada.


    Driving in...





    Grizzly momma and her two cubs did not want to yield the trail...so we went around.



    I carried this beer in to the first campground. It was well worth it.









    Day 1.5 of 7...shit!!!!



    Oh yeah, this will probably work...for about 100 steps.



    Good thing I had a pair of Chacos...





    These kind Canadian gentlemen gave me a ride into Waterton to get some new boots. Thanks Warren and Nick!



    Border cuts..welcome to Canuckistan!





    I feel bad for my Canadian friends. Ridiculous.





    This is different..heading back to Montucky on the pleasure cruise, enjoying two $4/single beers.





    Border cut on east side of lake. Seems a little unnecessary.



    It was right about this time that I realized I never went through Canadian Customs and wandered around as an illegal border crosser in Canada all afternoon...
























    Continued...
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    Trail is on the right, then middle of shot, then through the pass in the upper left. Crazy trail building on the way up to Boulder Pass.

























    Amazing that all this can happen in only 6000 years. Someday I'll need to get an Intelligent Designer to explain the mechanics of it all. or not.









    Never a finer place to drop a deuce...







    What's left of the Agassiz Glacier.





    Last morning sunrise rainbow.



    Right place...



    ...right time.



    The beer they sell here tastes better and different for some reason...



    The End.

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    Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

    Those border cuts are ridiculously stupid. Is there some stated practical reason?

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    Looks like an amazing trip! Great shots too!
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    Good stuff. I need to get out that way and do some exploring.

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    wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
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    The beer they sell here tastes better and different for some reason...



    The End.
    That town and store is awesome! Did you stay at the hostel? The owner is really cool.

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    Very cool. Love that place but haven't been back in 15 years or so. Thanks for the pics
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    Looks awesome. I dropped a buddy off to start the CDT there last summer and know I need to get back for a longer visit. Looks like you nailed the weather and the itinerary. I also really dig a long hike that includes a wee bit of beers in civilization. Nice work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dromond View Post
    That town and store is awesome! Did you stay at the hostel? The owner is really cool.
    Nope. After we walked out at Kintla Lake I made it home by dinner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post

    Never a finer place to drop a deuce...


    That looks like a helluva lot of fun. I want to poop there.

    What was the hazing all about? You join a frat?
    ...Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain...

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    You done well! Best place in the lower 48 and southern Canada!

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    very nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post




    Killer pics Root

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    Quote Originally Posted by GiBo View Post
    Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

    Those border cuts are ridiculously stupid. Is there some stated practical reason?
    Not exactly sure but I've been told that Parks Canada cut them all way back when, 1920's or something. All the boundaries of Banff & Kootenay parks have the same cuts, Waterton Park (canadian side) is a similar age I think.

    Those beer prices are higher than normal, tourist prices since Waterton is full of Americans anyways

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesp View Post
    Not exactly sure but I've been told that Parks Canada cut them all way back when, 1920's or something. All the boundaries of Banff & Kootenay parks have the same cuts, Waterton Park (canadian side) is a similar age I think.

    Those beer prices are higher than normal, tourist prices since Waterton is full of Americans anyways
    It's not a national park issue. The cuts exist outside the parks, too.

    And no doubt that Waterton is full of Americans. But I'm not sure what your explanation is for the chick who put spinach in my burrito at the Taco Stop. Unforgivable.

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    nice stuff. what was the hazing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
    It's not a national park issue. The cuts exist outside the parks, too.
    not sure then, as I said your pic looks the same as most other boundary cuts of other mountain parks in the area. If its not in the park then my guess its an old fire break, old because if it were newer it would likely be wider.

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    Hazing = bar exam.

    james: No, I just meant the boundary cuts go from Washington/BC to at least Warroad, MN, where the border is no longer a straight line along the 49th parallel. It's crazy...and dumb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesp View Post
    not sure then, as I said your pic looks the same as most other boundary cuts of other mountain parks in the area. If its not in the park then my guess its an old fire break, old because if it were newer it would likely be wider.
    No, that cut runs the entire length of the border, over mountains and through valleys wherever there are trees.

    You can see it at the right edge of this picture taken in the Pasayten Wilderness.


    This picture shows it even a little more clearly:
    ...Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain...

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    A+!!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by RootSkier View Post
    Hazing = bar exam.

    james: No, I just meant the boundary cuts go from Washington/BC to at least Warroad, MN, where the border is no longer a straight line along the 49th parallel. It's crazy...and dumb.
    ah I see... Must have given someone a warm fuzzy feeling at some stage. Maybe its to keep Mexicans in the US & bad burritos in Canada?

    Nice pic's anyways!

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    Great TR, looks like the trip of a lifetime.

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    Never a finer place to drop a deuce...
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    Nice indeed! How did the food planning go?

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