<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>First of all, thanks to all who helped me along the
way this year with advice and counsel on this list. I started at Crazy
Cook and made it to Monida Pass near Lima Montana. So I am just a lowly
section hiker with the Montana section left to go next summer. I want to
pick the likely best date to start at Monida Pass at I 15 to go NOBO to
Waterton. I'm thinking the last week of June. With only about
750 miles left, I figure it'll take me about 6 weeks. I'm hoping to avoid
snow in higher elevations in southern Montana, and assume a mid to late
August finish should be fine on the North end. Any thoughts? Any
suggestions for where I can look up when the snow is usually gone in the first
part of Montana from Lima up to Anaconda? Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Chuck Shugart (Hawkeye)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Yellow Grass, Sask.
Canada</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>