PHIL KNIGHT
it now is moldering into the Montana gravel. To find Coolidge, take Forest Service Road 2465 past
Mono Creek Campground to the end of the road, then hike a half-mile to the townsite. For a hike into a wild and remote corner of the East Pioneers, continue past Coolidge on Trail 747 to Elkhorn Lake.
Grasshopper Creek flows south off the high country, and the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway follows this drain- age past Elkhorn Hot Springs and Maverick Mountain ski area through the resort area of Polaris. Plan on a soak at Elkhorn Hot Springs, a funky, friendly resort that has escaped the gentrification or overdevelopment of some Montana resorts. Finish your Pioneer journey with a visit to Bannack State Park and relive Montana's wild, lawless gold rush days at the most well-preserved ghost town in the state.
Along the Wise River DONNIE SEXTON
Phil Knight is an outspoken conservationist, backcountry explorer, musician, poet, and world trav- eler. Phil's passion and lifelong avocation is protecting and exploring wild places and seeing and learning about wild creatures. In doing so, he has fallen out of several trees. Phil lives in Bozeman, Montana, with Alaina, his wife of 15 years.
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