Montana was always on the agenda for the trip, it was just a matter of when and for how long. Our route back from Alaska was going to drop us into Northern Montana where we could either head west again to Idaho and Washington or spend some time in Montana. We opted for the Montana route

Outside of the Wrangells the remainder of our time in Alaska was spent in the Kenai Peninsula and the Chugach Mountains with a few days at the end to drive the Denali Highway....

We arrived in Alaska as most road travelers do on the Alaska Highway, which deposits you at a nexus in Tok, Alaska. From there one can either take the high road to Fairbanks or the low road toward Valdez and the Kenai Peninsula; we had already decided that the low road was where we would start our Alaskan journey. While scouring the maps and Milepost for campsites and things to do, a side trip down the Nabesna Road jumped out us for both scenery, free camping and possible hiking. Oh but wait, that’s in Wrangell St Elias National Park...

Back in the early 2000s we were in the grips of a hardcore snowboarding habit; having never ridden out west we took a shot in the dark and decided that Jackson Hole would be our first foray into big mountain riding. That year for spring break we loaded up our Jeep and drove over nineteen hundred miles from Pennsylvania to Jackson, Wy. That week we rode what would turn out to be an epic week of snowfall in the Tetons. Over the following years we dabbled in other western mountains but somehow always found ourselves back in Jackson. Nowhere else held our attention like the rugged and dramatic landscape of Tetons. We hadn’t been back since 2008 and were long overdue for a visit so we headed to Jackson- that like the sign describes when you cross into Wyoming is truly “like no place on earth”...