#Lolo National Forest

[mutant-distraction]

Lolo National Forest,Montana-USA.

[piedoesnotequalpi]

ok for the au thing !! i got Western AU and Dark AU !!

Thank you for the ask! I got distracted talking to my partner!

Anyway a bunch of this is yoinked from a book series I never finished due to it being a bit too politically conservative for my tastes (specifically the book Nowhere to Run) and I also spent far too much time browsing Wikipedia for locations. Not sure if this is what is meant by "dark AU" but it's late at night so

TW for some mild gore and death

Carbon County (MT; there's also one in Wyoming) game warden Jack Kelly was reassigned to temporarily work in Granite County, MT and he's finally almost due to go back to his normal post in Red Lodge. He'd left it in good hands--the Stillwater County game warden (Finch) and county sheriff (Charlie) have most of his duties covered and give him near-daily updates. But he'd rather be back in Red Lodge, where he knows most of the people and their habits and can use his friendship with Katherine, the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper, as an excuse to stop by the office and flirt with one of the staff writers.

However! The week before he's supposed to leave, he starts getting reports of disappearances and campsites being attacked and mysteriously murdered wildlife in Lolo National Forest, so he very reluctantly goes in to investigate. He has a penchant for getting caught up in far more murder mysteries than any self-respecting game warden should, so he's resigned himself to dealing with this nonsense yet again. On the other hand, despite the looming threat of who (or what) ever's behind all this, it is kind of nice to be out camping in the woods.

Jack had made plans with Sean Conlon, the game warden from the neighboring county, to separately make their way through the national forest (both on horseback) and meet somewhere in the middle, with the goal of covering more ground and hopefully finding more information about whatever's going on. But he's struggling to get a hold of Sean, so he resigns himself to investigating alone--he hasn't run into anyone so far--even though part of him knows he should turn back.

The day he decides to turn around, he finally finds Sean, accompanied by a backpacker with a mischievous smile who won't give his real name.

"I've been looking for you everywhere," Sean says. "We have murders to prevent."

"I've been helping," the backpacker says. "We have murders to prevent."

Jack is skeptical of the backpacker, but he's annoyingly charming and Sean seems to trust him, so what else is he supposed to do? They start investigating together, and the backpacker, who still won't give them a name beyond "Racer" and won't say where he's from beyond the UP ("What's that? The Union Pacific?" it's the Upper Peninsula of Michigan but Jack and Sean haven't paid enough attention to Michigan to realize that), brings them to a campsite, where they find a whole bunch of dead elk and also the bodies of a couple of the people who have gone missing. There aren't a ton of clues, but it's the first new information they've gotten the whole time, so they're feeling a little better about the whole thing. Being game wardens, they're used to seeing dead animals, but the decomposing human bodies are a little (a lot) unsettling.

The problem is, when they try to signal the local authorities with the location of the campsite, their radios keep running into technical difficulties. Racer seems unbothered by the whole thing, weirdly, but they decide to note the coordinates as best they can, keep going, and see if they can find anything else.

The thing is, Jack and Sean have been feeling the effects of all this time outside--they're getting sunburnt, they have scrapes everywhere, and they're definitely going to need a shower when they get back. After they find the campsite, they start to notice that Racer is as pale and clean and un-scratched as he was when they first met. And now that they think of it, they haven't seen him eat or drink anything the whole time he's been traveling with them...

And now they're in the middle of nowhere together, with malfunctioning communication gear, and it's been a week since they entered the national forest, and they haven't encountered any other living humans during that time.

[stucktoapost]

Rainy Lake • Lolo National Forest, MT • Summer Solstice • 06.21.2024

[boneshakerbike]

The Hidden Gem of Trout Creek

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[lilainmotorbike]

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11:00 AM Have lunch and take a rest at Yen Minh.

Reach Tham Ma Pass, a historical site where horses were tested for their strength and endurance in the old days.

Drive along the Nine-Turn Pass, a thrilling and scenic road that twists and turns along the steep valleys. Stop for photos and enjoy the view of the flat valley surrounded by limestone karsts at this favorite lookout.

Take a short detour to Pho Bang, a market town near the Chinese border.

Enjoy a relaxing break at Sa Phin Moon Surface, a unique piece of mountain which had huge crevices and from a distance it resembled the surface of the moon.

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[goalhofer]

U.S. Daily High Temperature Records Tied/Broken 9/28/22

Dauphin Island, Alabama: 90 (also 90 2019)

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska: 60 (also 60 2014)

Chilao Flat summit, California: 87 (also 87 2020)

Unincorporated Los Angeles County, California: 91 (previous record 90 2010)

Santa Ysabel Reservation, California: 100 (also 100 2010)

Unincorporated Kaua'i County, Hawaii: 90 (also 90 2020)

Bear Mt. summit, Idaho: 72 (previous record 69 1994)

Camas Creek Divide summit, Idaho: 82 (previous record 81 1994)

Clearwater National Forest, Idaho: 77 (previous record 75 1989)

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: 90 (previous record 89 1967)

Coeur d'Alene National Forest, Idaho: 88 (previous record 82 2006)

Ketchum, Idaho: 79 (previous record 77 2003)

Unincorporated Lemhi County, Idaho: 83 (previous record 82 2010)

Unincorporated Lincoln County, Idaho: 90 (previous record 89 2010)

Lolo Pass summit, Idaho: 81 (previous record 78 1989)

McCall, Idaho: 84 (also 84 2010)

Unincorporated Minidoka County, Idaho: 93 (previous record 92 1994)

Nezperce National Forest, Idaho: 77 (previous record 75 2010)

Unincorporated Owyhee County, Idaho: 92 (also 92 2010)

Pierce, Idaho: 89 (previous record 85 1994)

St. Joe National Forest, Idaho: 80 (also 80 2016)

Salmon, Idaho: 83 (previous record 80 2016)

Salmon National Forest, Idaho: 79 (previous record 78 2010)

Savage Pass summit, Idaho: 78 (previous record 73 2016)

Swan Valley, Idaho: 86 (also 86 2010)

Badger Pass summit, Montana: 74 (previous record 72 1994)

Beaverhead National Forest, Montana: 72 (also 72 1994)

Bitterroot National Forest, Montana: 81 (previous record 78 2009)

Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana: 91 (previous record 87 1967)

Unincorporated Blaine County, Montana: 89 (previous record 85 2016)

Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana: 83 (previous record 78 1994)

Bozeman, Montana: 88 (previous record 84 2021)

Butte, Montana: 83 (previous record 82 2010)

Unincorporated Cascade County, Montana: 91 (previous record 90 1967)

Choteau, Montana: 90 (previous record 88 1967)

Deerlodge National Forest, Montana: 81 (previous record 78 2010)

Flathead National Forest, Montana: 84 (previous record 82 1994)

Flathead Reservation, Montana: 78 (previous record 73 1994)

Flattop Mt. summit, Montana: 73 (previous record 67 1991)

Gallatin National Forest, Montana: 79 (previous record 77 2010)

Unincorporated Garfield County, Montana: 89 (previous record 86 2010)

Glacier National Park, Montana: 84 (previous record 76 2012)

Helena National Forest, Montana: 78 (previous record 75 2010)

Unincorporated Hill County, Montana: 93 (previous record 90 1967)

Kootenai National Forest, Montana: 78 (also 78 1989)

Lewis & Clark National Forest, Montana: 79 (previous record 78 1994)

Livingston, Montana: 89 (also 89 2010)

Many Glacier, Montana: 79 (previous record 77 1994)

Monument Peak summit, Montana: 74 (previous record 73 2010)

Moss Peak summit, Montana: 73 (previous record 71 1994)

Unincorporated Phillips County, Montana: 86 (previous record 85 2021)

Unincorporated Powell County, Montana: 75 (previous record 71 2010)

Shelby, Montana: 85 (previous record 84 1957)

Skalkaho Pass summit, Montana: 76 (previous record 73 2010)

Stahl Peak summit, Montana: 73 (previous record 66 1991)

Stanford, Montana: 87 (previous record 83 2010)

Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, MT: 91 (previous record 90 2010)

Unincorporated Valley County, Montana: 90 (previous record 85 2021)

Unincorporated Chelan County, Washington: 88 (also 88 1994)

Unincorporated Teton County, Wyoming: 74 (previous record 73 1994)

[wasatchmountaindogs]

It’s 104’ in the valley this weekend so I ran up to the mountains in Montana with the dogs. Sometimes I wonder why I ever moved back…

The trail we took had definitely not been cleared this year and required much leaping over logs and such to end up and this gorgeous lake

[ckonthemove]

Rooftop meets Mountaintop.

[panamint]

trail no. 333

[imthechief]

Montana // 2020

Photo taken by... me, bitch

[4cornersphoto]

Storm Clouds and Rattlesnake Mountains, Evaro, MT by Troy Montemayor Via Flickr: Clearing storm clouds shroud TV Mountain and the Rattlesnake Mountains near Evaro, Montana in the Lolo National Forest.

[chalten26]

Camping. por Forest History Society Por Flickr: Caption: Tourists at Lolo Hot Springs, Lolo National Forest, Montana. Date: 1920 Photographer: Shipp, E. S. Local Call Number: FHS973 Photo is from the Forest History Society Photograph Collection. To browse other Forest History Society photo galleries, click here. To see information on obtaining high-resolution images, click here.

[fisherken]

Morrell Cascade by Kevin Palmer Via Flickr: - www.kevin-palmer.com - It was a very chilly hike to Morrell Falls outside of Seeley Lake. But the overcast weather was good for long exposure shots of the waterfall.

[northwestnaturalist]

Ranatra fusca “Brown Waterscorpion” Nepidae

Lake Inez, Lolo National Forest, MT May 23, 2017 Robert Niese

There’s something genuinely unnerving about insects viciously preying upon vertebrates, and waterscorpions are superbly specialized for this terrifying task. They sit near the surface of the water, head down, with their elongated, raptorial front limbs outstretched, waiting. Their long paired “tails” remain in contact with the water’s surface like a snorkel, allowing them to breathe while fully submerged. When some unlucky fish or tadpole swims too close, they snap them up like a mantis and immediately stab them with their sucking mouthparts. Their saliva both subdues and begins to digest their prey, allowing them to suck out the animal’s insides. On a completely unrelated note, this individual looks worse for wear, which led me to discover that adults actually overwinter in lakes and ponds here in Montana -- not an easy task considering that most bodies of water freeze-over completely at some point. So apparently they’re indestructible AND hyper-specialized predators. Thank goodness they’re only five inches long.

[chelseaisavegan]

Lolo Pass, Oregon 🌝

[wasatchmountaindogs]

He really does always commit thievery