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Little Salmon creek runs into the south fork of the Flathead River. It burned in 2003 and the 2004 cleanup was quite a chore. It has some great fishing and some really neat side-drainages toward its source in the Swan Mountains.

-Andy, Gabe, and Ryan before the cutting of "Bertha"

-Andy and Gabe cut through Bertha, a Larch with a 37" diameter

-Ryan sits on freshly cut "Bertha"

-Jamie does too.

-A wicked storm on the top of Smith Creek Pass in the Swan Range. Yes...we did get wet

-An alpine lake near Smith Creek Pass

-The entrance to the wilderness at Smith Creek Pass