Awesome!!! My wife's mom is from Red Lodge, MT and we used to go there every other July 4th from the 95 - 2004 until her great uncles died. My wife's great uncle owned the land where Liver-eatin' Johnson had a cabin. If you call it a cabin... more like a square box made of wood. It's been moved into Red Lodge now but anyway, that is some of the most beautiful country in N. America!
My wife's great uncle, who was a game warden for 33 years in that area took me fishing somewhere around Cooke City and we hiked a LOOONG way into the mountains and fished this crater lake and we caught some huge rainbow trout. I couldn't even begin to tell you where that lake was as this was back in the late 90's. Those lakes' water temp is so cold you can't wade so you'll need waders. Fly fishing is fun but an ultra lite works great too. I was surprised at how many of those lakes and creeks (criks, as they call them) had a good population of trout in them.
It's a different world out there and I loved it.
You and your family are going to have a ball!
I don't know but is the snow going to be a problem? Even in July, the snow wasn't all gone and the snow melt can make those small little creeks dangerous with rushing water flow.
Everyone's advice above is very good!
Last edited by Bucktrot; 06/01/13 08:41 AM.
