We saw a nice surprise coming in the driveway in June, with the Great Divide Mountain Bike Race passing right by our door. This is a race that runs along the Continental Divide from the Canadian border to the Mexican border – 2500 miles! You can find out more about the race at greatdividerace.com. It was a pleasure to have had so many interesting, road-weary travelers join us at the dinner table. Thanks for stopping in, everyone! And we hope that the race finished well for all of you.

The summer also brought some nice changes to our facilities. We are very grateful to Don Michelin (and his wife Linda) for helping us finish the schoolhouse project over the summer. Don spent many weeks with us working on the old building and it looks BEAUTIFUL. With a little more work, it will be available for rent as a beautiful two-bedroom palace! Linda worked in the kitchen – baking pies and helping out, and she painted until her shoulders burned! Thanks, Don and Linda!

We also bought a new 30-foot yurt. It will sleep 6 to 8 people and will be a wonderful addition to the accommodations that we already offer. This is a project we are planning on completing in 2008, and we are very excited! Stay tuned to this website for pictures of the yurt raising as it happens in the spring of 2008!

Our Autumn wrapped up the season well, with a successful hunting season for many of the hunters who hiked Brush Mountain this year. We were very excited to have Big Rack Outfitters from Craig leasing our facilities and property for Archery and Muzzle Loading Seasons. It was a great pleasure to have Keri and Eric and their wonderful kids around this fall, and we are already looking forward to their return next year.

And we continue to offer exciting and successful rifle hunts on Brush Mountain as well. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it is booking hunts for all seasons already, so if you are interested in booking a hunt with us for 2008, get in touch with him soon. And if you're still wavering, we have some photos from the 2007 season posted in our Fall Photo Gallery so take a look at the fun you missed and book your hunt today!

Well, winter is in full effect here in the valley, the lodge is snow-covered and the elk have made way to lower country. It's quiet in the meadows, too. But spring is right around the corner, and a new season will be upon us on Brush Mountain. We'll see you out there!