CDT Montana 2016
Day 17, July 22, Friday.
Start 12-090M, 8 miles from Chief Joseph Pass.
Stop 12-165RX Chief Joseph Pass, then walk one mile on 43 to Lost Trail Pass, and go north on 93, hitch 13 miles to Sula Country Store and Resort.
Miles on trail: 8
The morning is overcast, and trail goes up-and-down, until the final few miles of dirt road.
I get to the pass in good time, around 9PM, by hiking hard. The hitch down to Sula Country Store and Resort came quickly, the first car that passed my direction.
Since Sula appeard to have wifi, I decided to hang around during the day doing chores, get a tent site, much cheaper than a cabin, and go up to the pass right after breakfast tomorrow.
Now time for lunch.
Southbounder Simple Soul had finished his chores and tried hitchhiking back up the mountain, but after a long time in the hot sun he did not get a ride.
One of the shop clerks took pity and gave him a ride part way up.
It turned out the wifi was extremely poor, based on satellite, possibly not worth the trouble to deal with. Regular web pages just would not load.
I also saw southbounder Penny of Penny and Mark, back at the pass trying to rendezvous with friends.
All the hikers I met today report a great amount of blow-downs in my next section.