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thanks fellas!


We were shooting for under 72 hours, but the snow was the deepest I've experienced in six years of doing it- so it slowed us down considerably. I'd estimate we were in significant snow for 30-35 miles- either on snowshoes or postholing if we thought it was short lived. We arrived at Glenn Ck on the N Fork of the Sun River on Monday night (Saturday morning start) at about 8:30 PM. We were pretty well spent and had to decide to trudge the additional 14 miles to the finish (likely after midnight as our pace had really slowed) and camp at Gibson dam (no way we could have drove home that night) and make the under 72 hour goal OR camp where we were at, enjoy an hour of daylight in a beautiful spot, eat a relaxing supper, get a big fire going to dry our gear AND be able to make it to the Buckhorn Bar in Augusta for burger and beers for lunch.

Well that was the easiest decision we had ever made