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| Jolie and I hiked up Mt. Casey near Helena - it had rained a couple of inches over a few days before our hike so the normally crossable streams were a bit tougher. luckily we found this log. |
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| The rain below was all snow at the summit - we were postholing into a foot of snow at the summit, but we made it! |
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| Jolie and I went up to Glacier for Labor Day weekend. We missed the snow storms but had a few showers and fog, but most of the time it was cool and nice. This is Sperry Chalet, one of the two backcountry cabins in the park. Over 3 days we hike 36 miles with 11,000 feet of elevation gain - man was I tired Monday night! |
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| There were lots of mountain goats hanging out at Sperry Chalet - this little guy walked right past me |
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| On our way to hiking Swiftcurretnt Peak we saw a black bear mama and cubs. This is one of the cubs chewing on some Elderberries. |
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| Here is the mom, smiling (gas?) at us. |
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| This is the view from Swiftcurrent Peak |
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| We just missed getting to see the inside of the lookout tower by an hour - the lookout had finnished his summer at the lookout about an hour before we got to the lookout. It was windy and quite cold up top - would have been nice to warm up inside! |
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| Our last hike was to Apgar Lookout. Lake McDonald in the background. |
