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The Bitterroot Divide -- on cross country skis

The Rocky Mountaineers and the Sierra Club teamed up in March for a moderate cross-country ski trip down the Lee Creek drainage near Lolo Pass. Their 8-mile route closely followed the historic Lewis & Clark Trail. It started high along the Bitterroot divide before it dropped into the Lee Creek drainage and passed through a mixture of forests -- and Plum Creek clear-cuts. Bob Clark, local conservation organizer for the Sierra Club, talked to the group about the Club's Lewis & Clark Campaign and local conservation issues. He also gave a brief update on the current threat presented to that area by Plum Creek land sales.

The intrepid skiers take a break on Lolo Pass.

Group members skiing through clear-cuts on Plum Creek timber company land -- along the Lewis & Clark Trail!

Oops! Bob Clark inadvertently slips into a hole at Lee Creek Saddle.

This sign depicts a recent trend of residential and commercial development along the trail -- this 160-acre tract adjacent to the Lolo Trail in western Montana, along Lolo Creek (called Travelers Rest Creek by Lewis & Clark) is slated for development. Sierra Club's Land and Water Conservation Fund proposal would help to alleviate these pressures.

Photos by Bob Clark

For more information about the Sierra Club's Lewis and Clark campaign or to find out how you can help, contact lewisandclark@sierraclub.org.