Swan Range
Albino Basin 1		Swan Winter
Albino Basin 2

From August 2004 to September 2005 I got acquainted with parts of the Swan Range in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.  Actually some of these trips are not in the wilderness.  But as you may see from the like's of Rumble Creek and Lakes, which are just below Holland Peak, wilderness doesn't look, feel or taste any different than this.  What I have just said particularly holds true with the winter travel.  By the way, winter travel in Montana's high country begins in earnest sometime in November and ends sometime in May.  All the cautions apply.

I wonder if I can make Albino Basin during the winter? Might just have to follow the example of that griz I had a head-on with on the rim of the basin. He made his approach from the west, which is a nightmarish looking climb. Otherwise I am sceptical of having a survivable trip coming in from the north, which is the normal route.

• Click here for a little more on Albino Basin 1.
• Click here for more on Swan Winter.