Glacier Trip

Jolie and I spent a long weekend in Glacier. We had planned to do a 20 mile one-way hike over Gunsight Pass and Lake Ellen Wilson both shown in this picture, but fires scuttled that plan. Instead we hike up to this view point but turned around here. Definately one of the most scenic spots i have been to in the park. We did four long hikes on 4 hot days, 3 of the hkes were up to active and inactive lookouts 

proof that we made it to the lake overlook

View of Lake McDonald from Mt. Brown Lookout - a 3,000 foot climb from the valley

This is the start of our hike up to Loneman lookout. We had to ford the middle fork Flathead River, fortunately it was at historic low flows. Part of the trail was in a burn area, which made a 90 degree day very hot comming down. At the top the lookout was manned - the lookout said it was his fifth summer at the lookout and this day was the first time he had more than one group of hikers at the lookout - he had three groups this day which was fortunate for him since his food supply was delayed and he was bumming food from all the hikers!



The view into the park from Loneman lookout. Smoke was actually from fires in Oregon and Washington.

The third lookout was Huckleberry Lookout on the west side of the park. This is a panoramic view into the center of the park - an amazing view of continental divide that runs through the park. We picked and ate a lot of huckleberries on this hike.

On our way home, we kayaked Lindbergh lake and did a short hike in the mission wilderness.