Stevensville-based hiker Kirk Thompson is working on a route that would connect the Sapphires southeast of Missoula with the Continental Divide Trail in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness area. The Sapphire Crest Trail is waiting on only one thing.
As skiers boot up and strap in for a day of powder, a chairlift accident is usually the last thing on their minds but in the 2011-2012 season, Montana ski areas were plagued.