Our 9th annual Memorial Holiday group hike. What started as the perfect way to kick off Memorial Day weekend (Friday evening hike) ... has become a RCKN tradition. Best way to celebrate the 'unofficial start' to summer adventures.
{ note ... this year it's 1 week later because of scheduling }
UPDATES: Watch for updates on this hike (weather, etc) on the Facebook events page.
BLODGETT OVERLOOK TRAIL:
The trek is 1.7 miles each way (3.4 miles RT). There is a noticeable elevation change in the first quarter mile and then it levels out. Just enough to get your heart pounding. Be prepared to cross a few, small, run off streams.
Our stopping point offers a fabulous vista of Blodgett Canyon looking west as the evening sun sinks deeper. And looking east over the Bitterroot Valley. The perfect spot for sunset picnic. Relax and dust off the weeks fluff.
LOCATION:
* Blodgett Overlook Trail. Just west of Hamilton, MT. (not Blodgett Canyon Trail - 2 different parking lots/trailheads)
* Meet at trailhead parking lot.
* Check USFS links for trail details and driving directions.
* Everyone hikes together as a group. Enjoying the trail beauty and sisterhood community together.
* Blodgett Overlook Trail. Just west of Hamilton, MT. (not Blodgett Canyon Trail - 2 different parking lots/trailheads)
* Meet at trailhead parking lot.
* Check USFS links for trail details and driving directions.
* Everyone hikes together as a group. Enjoying the trail beauty and sisterhood community together.
BRING:
- Backpack with safety items. Including a head lamp.
- Extra layer of clothing. Possible rain poncho.
- Bear spray.
- Ticks and mosquitos are going to be out.
- Binoculars to look for Mountain Goats on canyon walls.
- Bring your snacks, supper, and beverage for picnic. Optional to bring a snack to share with everyone ... because it's fun to try new things.
- Backpack with safety items. Including a head lamp.
- Extra layer of clothing. Possible rain poncho.
- Bear spray.
- Ticks and mosquitos are going to be out.
- Binoculars to look for Mountain Goats on canyon walls.
- Bring your snacks, supper, and beverage for picnic. Optional to bring a snack to share with everyone ... because it's fun to try new things.
READ THIS PRIOR TO EVENT:
We are happy to connect people who want to hike with volunteers that lead local hikes. It is important to remember a few things.
~ Hikers are individually responsible for getting directions to trailhead and information related difficulty of trail for their personal assessment.
~ The outdoors is dangerous and unpredictable, and conditions on the ground, including the location and safety of trails, change constantly. If you leave the trail or the group for any reason, you acknowledge that any incurred risks are made under your own volition.
~ You agree that you have all the necessary skills and capabilities to venture into the outdoors and independently assess all dangers.
~ We are a pet-friendly group and it is your responsibility to know and abide by leash laws. Pets must be non-confrontational and under your obedience at all times. You accept full responsibility for fees and/or damages incurred when your pet harms or injures another hiker or pet.
~ Hiking leaders are volunteers, not professional guides. They are happy to offer what knowledge and experience they have. But it is up to you to be prepared with appropriate clothing, food, water, and any equipment you might need.
~ You agree that you will defend, indemnify and hold harmless RCKN IT!™ and RCKN Outdoor Sisterhood and it’s employees and volunteers from and against all claims and causes of action of any kind, including those sounding in tort or in contract, or based upon any law or statute.
~ You assume all risks associated with hiking with RCKN IT!™ local RCKN Outdoor Sisterhood group and release the Company for any claim of negligence.
We are happy to connect people who want to hike with volunteers that lead local hikes. It is important to remember a few things.
~ Hikers are individually responsible for getting directions to trailhead and information related difficulty of trail for their personal assessment.
~ The outdoors is dangerous and unpredictable, and conditions on the ground, including the location and safety of trails, change constantly. If you leave the trail or the group for any reason, you acknowledge that any incurred risks are made under your own volition.
~ You agree that you have all the necessary skills and capabilities to venture into the outdoors and independently assess all dangers.
~ We are a pet-friendly group and it is your responsibility to know and abide by leash laws. Pets must be non-confrontational and under your obedience at all times. You accept full responsibility for fees and/or damages incurred when your pet harms or injures another hiker or pet.
~ Hiking leaders are volunteers, not professional guides. They are happy to offer what knowledge and experience they have. But it is up to you to be prepared with appropriate clothing, food, water, and any equipment you might need.
~ You agree that you will defend, indemnify and hold harmless RCKN IT!™ and RCKN Outdoor Sisterhood and it’s employees and volunteers from and against all claims and causes of action of any kind, including those sounding in tort or in contract, or based upon any law or statute.
~ You assume all risks associated with hiking with RCKN IT!™ local RCKN Outdoor Sisterhood group and release the Company for any claim of negligence.