Bob Marshall Exploration & Backcountry Packing: Smoke Elser

I invite you to listen to stories from our local living cowboy legend, Smoke Elser. Smoke has spent the past 56 years living in the Bob Marshall wilderness packing mules and horses. This unique interview was recorded in Smoke’s 113+ year old historic barn in the Rattlesnake wearing cowboy boots next to a crackling fire drinking muddy black coffee surrounded by thick snow & retired mules. This is a unique opportunity to pass down knowledge from a historic figure who arrived in Montana in 1955. Learn about the history of the Bob Marshall wilderness and some of Smoke’s favorite places to camp after exploring over 55,000 miles of trail within the Bob. Learn about the first man who developed a map of the roadless land in the United States. Smoke is now 84 years old and he is currently teaching his 56th annual mule packing course in his barn right here in Missoula. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.