Montana Mountain Maintenance Run – Ron Finger trip leader

  We entered near Queen Valley on FR 172. We were heading for FR 350, which starts near Rogers Trough Trailhead and follows the ridgelines for some distance before going down the Montana Mountain switchbacks, but saw so much trash we started picking up immediately. Several large trash bags were filled by the time we reached the twin buttes and it was getting hot so we broke off the trash pickup there and headed for higher ground to have lunch. Toni’s Jeep experienced some over heating on the climb but thanks to Pat Neveau’s mechanical skills and Jack Knight’s extra water supply the problem was solved and we proceeded over the mountain and return to the highway near the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. We had 7 vehicles and we picked up a lot of trash. All in all it was a good outing. New members Duffy and Becky joined us for about half the trip and then returned home so they could pick up their children from the babysitter.

  Ron Finger

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