IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ.

        Recently when the parking lot at Chief Joseph was not plowed a number of vehicles parked along State Route # 43 which is a reasonable alternative.  However one or more vehicles DOUBLE PARKED blocking the West bound lane.  Two trucks traveling in opposite directions nearly
collided as a result of this lane being blocked.  Should this occur in the future the Department of Transportation has assured us that the offending vehicles will be towed at owners expense. (probably to Wisdom or Darby)
        DOT's primary responsibility is the State Highway system and they clean the lot at Chief Joseph at their earliest opportunity.

Mel Mooers, Grooming Team Leader
Bitterroot Cross Country Ski Club

 

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Some of you may not have seen this article in the Missoulian newspaper.

New parking place for skiing to Hogan Cabin

WISDOM - There's a new place to park if you want to go cross-country skiing to Hogan Cabin from Highway 43, west of Wisdom in the Beaverhead-
Deerlodge National Forest.  The Montana  Department of Transportation put in a new area for
trucks to put on snow chains last summer one-half west of Cabinet Creek.  The area is much safer for both parked cars and for snowplows and designed with skiers in mind, officials said.

      The Forest Service is marking the new ski route from the chain-up area to the Shoofly Trail which goes on to Hogan Cabin.  Officials said the new route is one-half mile longer than the old one.  For more information call the Forest Service in Wisdom at  ( 406 ) 689-3243