Idaho Spring Bear

Coach Potter

Coach Potter

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Just got home from our first trip. We knew we were early so we didn’t do the “big one” for our first trip. We did 4 nights and 5 days…wishing we would have done the full meal deal on this one. We got lucky and T-boned the emergence of some really big boars. We didn’t end coming out with one. We had a missed shot, another shot we had to pass for fear of not being able to retrieve it across a swollen creek, and a third bear that gave us the slip. It was an epic trip and I’ll be back in there early May. We put on 30 miles in the 5 days…I have no idea how much vertical we covered but it was a lot. These are a few pics….IMG_6876.jpeg
 
SpeyrodGB said:
That is some seriously steep country. Nice pics.
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It is so steep! I had a real psychological battle with it my first couple of trips. I spent a lot of time working on stability over the fall and winter. I'm no spring chicken so it took me a while to get prepared. My preparation this year made the trip incredibly enjoyable.

Last night I tallied up the vertical gain based on my OnX tracks and we were over 10,000' in the 5 days.
 
Coach Potter said:
It is so steep! I had a real psychological battle with it my first couple of trips. I spent a lot of time working on stability over the fall and winter. I'm no spring chicken so it took me a while to get prepared. My preparation this year made the trip incredibly enjoyable.

Last night I tallied up the vertical gain based on my OnX tracks and we were over 10,000' in the 5 days.
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That is some serious elevation. Makes my knees hurt just reading that.
 
Richard Olmstead said:
Nice photos. Thanks. Beautiful country and a time of year that most of us don’t experience it.
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Spring is becoming my favorite time to be in the back country...right now it's 1a-fall and 1b spring :). Fall colors are amazing but spring colors are amazing in their own right. I also see more wildlife in spring than I do fall.
 
Headed back in for another week starting tomorrow. I’m loving the cool forecast for the 11 miles going in day one. I’m not super thrilled about the 4” of forecasted snow for day two, but it gets better everyday after Tuesday. I was hoping to shave the weight of the stove but it’s looking like we might need it Tuesday…could be a stuck in the shelter kind of day. We’ll see🤞🏽
 
Coach Potter said:
Headed back in for another week starting tomorrow. I’m loving the cool forecast for the 11 miles going in day one. I’m not super thrilled about the 4” of forecasted snow for day two, but it gets better everyday after Tuesday. I was hoping to shave the weight of the stove but it’s looking like we might need it Tuesday…could be a stuck in the shelter kind of day. We’ll see🤞🏽
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Good luck
 
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