Needless to say, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. Here are some photos from the excursion.
On our ride up Grant Creek valley, we came upon a herd of cows at the Grant Creek Ranch. A few of the cows were cooling off in the irrigation system, but we weren't fast enough to get them on film. The calves were so big we couldn't tell them all from the mommies.
This momma looks like she is still carrying a calf. Impossible for September. She looks like I felt after the country ribs. 
Once we got to the top of the mountain you couldn't help but notice the still smoldering Black Cat fire. This view is from the backside of Snowbowl looking down at the Evaro area.
A great photo of the Missoula Valley, from the top of the mountain. 
A view from the chairlift on the way down (you didn't think we walked, did you?).
The chairlift is open in the summers on Saturday and Sunday, for hikers, mountain bikers or just the curious, like us. This was the last weekend, and we were the last riders of the summer season, taking the final chair on the way down. For $7 a person, we thought it was a great deal. 
A picture of the expanded Snowbowl ski lodge, which boasts a cozy bar and serves a great brick oven-fired pizza (from what I hear). We went home and had more ribs.
2 comments:
Nice. I like seeing ski areas in summer. We should do that trip ourselves sometime.
As a young ten I helped clear the hills in trade for a season pass of skiing. Ski team was expensive without paying day rate back then. A truly beautiful place winter or summer, possibly more in the summer. Thanks for the memories.
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