I usually go around mid May, when the green grass gets good. This past year I decided to go in late May and early June and try a different tactic. Where I hunt bears, a lot of elk winter there and stay through calving season. Black bears are pretty good at finding calves in these places, plus...
She made it most of the way without help. It's actually a pretty simple scramble to the top with a lot of vertical. If I remember correctly, about 7,000 feet of vertical.
I’m planning on climbing it again this summer with my youngest son who lives south of Harlowton. Last time we went from the east side. Probably go that way again.
Helluva view from up there…
This was a few winters back. I keep track of how many of these migrants show up every winter on the Hiline. This winter I only saw one. In my experience they’re extremely hard to photograph, at least up here.
The most I’ve ever counted was 57, back in the winter of 2010-11.