Author: Jake Bramante

  • Poia Lake Goat and Pika survey

    Poia Lake Goat and Pika survey

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    Jake Bramante

    Went up to Poia Lake in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park for a bit of a mountain goat and pika survey for the Citizen Science program and saw a lot of birds, some mammals and a sweet bull elk! Check out my blog about Citizen Science here to learn more!

  • Gunsight Pass – August 2012

    Gunsight Pass – August 2012

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    Jake Bramante

    During the official Hike 734 project, I had a great two days over Gunsight Pass in Glacier National Park with Gunsight Lake, Lake Ellen Wilson, Sperry Chalet and Sperry Glacier to name a few things. Two regrets I had was not filming Gunsight Lake at the foot of the lake from the campground and getting…

  • North of the 49th

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    Jake Bramante

    Well I’m heading up north tomorrow to hike trails in Waterton Lakes National Park for the next couple of weeks. Won’t be getting out much in the way of blogs, but you can track my hiking on the Track Page. Also, follow me on Twitter and Instagram if you do both of those with the…

  • Siyeh Pass – August 2012

    Siyeh Pass – August 2012

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    Jake Bramante

    During my presentation/fundraiser for the Glacier National Park Fund, some folks won a hike with me of their choice. They chose Siyeh Pass and what a great hike on a perfect day! We got to see wildflowers, goats, sheep, birds, etc. Check out my full hike review of Siyeh Pass here!

  • Glaciers Visible from Going-to-the-Sun Road

    Glaciers Visible from Going-to-the-Sun Road

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    Jake Bramante

    With a name like Glacier National Park, one would expect to show up and see a ton of glaciers everywhere. The truth of the matter is a little more complicated. For starters, the park is so named for the way that it was formed as giant glaciers carved out the peaks leaving amazing mountain formations…

  • Waterton Lakes National Park Announcement

    Waterton Lakes National Park Announcement

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    Jake Bramante

    As a follow up to last year’s project of hiking all the trails in Glacier National Park, Jake Bramante is heading out to hike the much less ambitious 125 miles of trails in Waterton Lakes National Park in the month of September, 2012. Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park come together to form…

  • High Country Survey – Citizen Science

    High Country Survey – Citizen Science

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    Jake Bramante

    I’ve blogged about Citizen Science before and covered my first real field outing for Loon Day here and decided to show another Citizen Science project called the “High Country Survey”. In a nutshell, Citizen Science is funded by the Glacier National Park Fund and provides a little bit of classroom training, then unleashes volunteers (wannabe…

  • Lincoln Lake

    Lincoln Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Right off of Going to the Sun Road next to Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Lincoln Lake trailhead starts and heads up Snyder Ridge in a hurry. It doesn’t offer much in views except little pockets where you’ll get small views of the lake or some surrounding mountains. It starts out in the characteristic…

  • Kishenehn

    Kishenehn

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    Jake Bramante

    Tucked away in the remote northwestern corner of Glacier National Park is an area known as Kishenehn. Before the North Fork Road existed, a road/trail existed on the east bank of the North Fork Flathead River (now known as the Inside North Fork Road) that went from the Belton Train Station all the way up…