First Day Hike and Expedition

Name: First Day Hike and Expedition
Start: 2025-01-01T08:00:00-07:00
Location: 8600 Mt Highway 35, Bigfork, MT, United States, Montana 59911

Schedule

Wed, 01 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC-07:00

Location

8600 Mt Highway 35, Bigfork, MT, United States, Montana 59911 | Bigfork, MT

Montana State Parks (stateparks.mt.gov) announces its First Day Expedition for Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at Flathead Lake State Park (FHLSP), Lone Pine State Park, Whitefish State Park, Thompson Chain of Lakes, Logan, Lake Mary Ronan and Somers Beach State Park.
The Flathead and Mission Valleys are great places to get outside and start your new year off with a First Day Expedition. On the first day of 2025, all the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park, State Park sites: Flathead Lake (all units), Lone Pine, Whitefish, Lake Mary Ronan, Les Meson, Logan, Thompson Chain of Lake and Somers Beach State Parks invite you to go outside and discover your state parks. To help guide your winter expedition, you have an opportunity to win some prizes! To earn points, you must take a photograph of each activity and submit via email to [email protected]. All activities must occur at one of the participating parks listed above on January 1st, 2025. Photos, names of participants, and miles hiked/ran must be submitted via email to [email protected] by 6 PM on January 3 to be entered to win prizes.

Point breakdown:
1 Point categories:
• Wildlife Pictures
o 1 point species and extra point for proper identification.
• Tree/shrub Identification
o 1 point per species you correctly ID with picture.
2 Point categories:
• Per mile, per person hiked/ran/skied/snowshoed.
• Per snow angel (or other angel if no snow is present).
• Per snow creature, extra points are awarded for creativity.
5 Point categories:
• Having a picnic
• Sunrise Picture
o Must be time stamped with January 1st, 2025
• Sledding
• Fishing
o Ice fishing (if safe ice available) or gear fishing or fly fishing.
• Making a campfire (where permitted and only in designated fire rings) and having S’mores
o Please remember to drown your fires before you leave to your next adventure.
10 Point Categories:
• Per person for wading into a lake at least ankle deep.
• Utilizing one of the archery ranges, Big Arm unit of Flathead Lake State Park or Lone Pine State Park.
• Per Park that you travel to.
o Picture of you at the entrance signs as proof.

Photos, names of participants, and miles hiked/ran must be submitted via email to [email protected] by 6 PM on January 3 to be entered to win prizes.
1st place
Two nights at either Big Arm Unit of FHLSP yurt or Finley Point Unit of FHLSP cabin
2nd place
Two nights of camping at Logan State Park or Thompson Chain of Lakes State Park
3rd place
$40 at either Lone Pine State Park or Flathead Lake Ranger Station gift shop

For more information on the expedition call the Ranger Station at Wayfarers: (406) 837-3041 ext. 0