Whitefish Divide Tr No 26 trailhead on Red Meadow Road (FS 115), July 23, 2023 – W. K. Walker
Thanks to a couple of folks who didn’t wait for it to come around on our schedule, the section of Whitefish Divide Trail No 26 from Red Meadow Road to the junction with Hay Creek Trail No 3 is now clear. This is part of the Pacific Northwest Trail, which passes through the North Fork, including a stretch that runs up the Hay Creek Drainage.
Clearing Tuchuck Creek Tr No 23, June 7, 2025 – photo by Steve Lundberg
On June 7th, we cleared the 3.3 mile (5.3 km) Tuchuck Creek segment of the “Review Mountain Loop,” a popular hike of some 12 miles (19 km) that offers broad views of the Tuchuck Research Natural Area (RNA). A Wild Montana crew is scheduled to perform some overdue brushing out on this same Tuchuck Creek stretch in a couple of weeks.
It was a good start. On May 31, we got the Dead Horse-Elelehum Trail (T255) open from the southern trailhead to the Forks Patrol Trail (T452) junction . It was no small feat. After three years, there was a lot of accumulated downfall, including several large, shaggy, old spruce that required considerable disassembly. We actually continued beyond the trail junction on both trails, but there is still a lot that remains to be done.
Aside from all the debris, it was a pleasant hike along a series of small, high altitude lakes.
