My pleasure. The eGriz board gets so full of smack and pissing matches that I mostly lurk. Back “in the day” when the Griz were reliably great, fans would have a fantastic experience despite losing, and game aside, I truly want people to fall in love with Montana and the area around Missoula. I’ve lived in five states in all four quadrants of the country, and the level of ignorance we all have about one another is astounding. So this is my small way of cutting the crap and offering something that almost anyone can do and get a real experience, not something superficial.gofurman wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:32 pmGrizGuy. Great post. We need more like this. Where you recommend a bar .. nature. Fishing. Coffee.GrizGuy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:07 pmI would add to this: Book your return trip for Sunday or Monday.
Stay in town a couple days.
Book a fly fishing half-day with Grizzly Hackle Fly Shop (also a GREAT place to stay is the Dry Fly Apartments, which are actually air bnb style rentals and the prices for what you get are generally way better than vrbo or airbnb or hotels that gouge). Also look up rentals at the Wilma.
Or book a day and fish the Blackfoot of the fabled novella “A River Runs Through It.” The guys at Grizzly Hackle will help you hook up w a Westslope Cutthroat. It’ll be worth it.
Eat at Scotty’s Table. Have coffee at Clyde. Ear Big Dipper Ice Cream. Buy tea for home at Butterfly Herbs.
Rent some mountain bikes. Take them over to the Rattlesnake Nat’l Recreation Area, and go for a nice trail ride (any level of rider can do this).
And for only the TRULY HEARTY. Here’s how to walk in the literal footsteps of Lewis and Clark: Rent a car (pref truck, van or awd). Drive east out of Missoula on hwy 200 1hr 50min, past the town of Lincoln (where they found and busted the Unabomber). A few miles later, Turn left on Alice Creek Rd. Stay on it (keep right) aaaaaalllllllll the way to the end. You’ll be at a campground.
Hike the trail there for about two miles. Welcome to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex (the Scapegoat Wilderness part).
You will find a cairn and a historic marker showing you where Capt Lewis and some men hiked an old buffalo trail the local tribes used. From there, look east. You’ll swear you can almost see home. It looks today not much different from when Lewis stood there in 1806. If you’re insane, walk a few more meters and you’ll be on the Continental Divide Trail. I would NOT advise hiking that at this time of year unless you really know WTF you’re doing. And trust me, unless you’re a guide, you don’t. Also trust me, a fraction of a percentage of Montana residents have even seen this, so you’ll one-up a lot of residents.
Just take some pics, turn around, hike back to your car and go back to Missoula and have a nice meal, knowing that even tho your team lost, you enjoyed the entire experience and saw yourself some amazing land, and almost touched history.
I hope you all have a great trip, that your team loses, and that you leave loving Missoula as much as I do.
Have fun!
Thank you. Great fan and sharing of inside local information
You represent Griz fans well !!!
On the game I suspect you win. I’ve watched you dismantle Montana State and Delaware. Man. But hopefully we bring a better game than they did.
Regardless I wanted to thank you for a post recommending places to visit rather than smack talk. Classy. Good stuff !!!
Also, the Griz have played a couple rotten games this season, and I am a total Nervous Nellie fan, so no smack talk from me, because one never truly knows. That’s why they play the game.
Have a great trip!
