I have arrived in Gardiner MT and I have already returned from my first Hitch. On Wednesay a group of 7 of us left for Slough Creek. We drove to the trailhead which started in Yellowstone and me and two others starting hiking in while the other 4 rode in on horse. It was a 12 mile hike and ended at a small Forest Service cabin on the banks of Slough Creek. 

On Thursday the three of us who hiked in went out to starting clearing the trails. We moved 43 trees out of the trail, many of them to large to put my arms all the way around. We used a cross cut saw and a double bit axe to do the clearing. We saw to Grizzly bears on the trail. Friday morning we woe up and hiked out. This was a short hitch but most of them will be similar in nature.