Lolo National Forest
Holidays and frigid weather have limited time in the high country. Today I waited till temps reached a balmy 0 degrees before I headed out to see what the cold has done to the Blackfoot river. Unfortunately the higher up the river corridor I went, the colder it got. Hard to imagine I was on this stretch of river in an inflatable kayak the last week of September. While I thought it was cold then…now way I would get in that water today.
To see the whole lower river section I hopscotched all the access points from where the Clearwater joins the Blackfoot till it empties into the Flathead. Even though I was dressed warm, after just a few minuets of scrambling along the riverbank I could feel the cold creeping into me. The sun couldn't make a dent in the ice building up in the tributaries although it did feel good when it was shining on me.
Snow line is pretty well defined along the valley. Tomorrow a new system is expected that should lower it even more. None of what is on the ground is going to melt anytime soon as it will be another week tun till temps are expected at or above freezing.
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