I Took The Path Less Traveled By: Ski Retrieval #2 August 12, 2019 Waterton Lakes National Park

*I hope people use their own wise judgement when hiking always plan ahead and be prepared. One should never go beyond their abilities.*

Over the years I've had a few goals my first was to Summit all the Peaks of Waterton. Here is My Waterton Summit List I completed that goal on September 26, 2016.

My next goal I'm still working on and that is to summit the 6 10,000 foot Summmits of Glacier National Park. I have one left Kintla.

My 2018 Goal that I accomplished was to summit 40 peaks in my 40th year and that I finished on September 26, 2018.

Not sure what will be my next goal, once Glacier's Summits are done?

I commonly use 3 Hashtags on my social media. The first one is #itookthepathlesstraveledby which is to reference this blog. The next two relate to my father and grandfather who were also hikers. #milesformarkellingson is to remember my

Dad, Mark Ellingson and #dustfromthetrailandhowitsettledonme is to remember my Grandfather Earl Ellingson

August 25, 2019

Ski Retrieval #2 August 12, 2019 Waterton Lakes National Park

Well this was attempt number two, I thought now that the snow is gone we'll find it. Well I didn't anticipate the huge amount of overgrowth on that avalanche slope and well I didn't find it. This time it cost me less as I took up my new bike instead of renting an e-bike. When I drove the e-bike it took me 45 minutes and on a regular bike it only took me 1 hour and 10 minutes. Anyways I will hopefully get a chance this fall when the overgrowth is off the trees and undergrowth?