• Goat Mountain with Otokomi Lake

    Goat Mountain with Otokomi Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Goat Mountain sits proudly above Otokomi Lake and Goat Lake. To the east you have St. Mary Lake, some foothills, then the vast plains. Views in all other directions are of Glacier National Park’s peaks with Going-to-the-Sun Mountain and Mahtapi Peak dominating the views up to Siyeh Pass. We were looking for a nice climb…

  • Scenic Point 2017 by Mrs. Hike 734

    Scenic Point 2017 by Mrs. Hike 734

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    Kristen Bramante

    Jake is currently in Yosemite National Park working on his next Hike 734 project.  If you regularly follow his blogs you might have seen me tagging along behind him on his hiking adventures. I won’t be able to join him in Yosemite until August, but that won’t keep me from hitting the trail. I wrapped…

  • Signal Mountain

    Signal Mountain

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    Jake Bramante

    While you can drive to the overlook on Signal Mountain in Grand Teton National Park, the quiet hike up rewards you with a pleasant grade, ponds, wonderful forests, open meadows, and a few bonus vantages. It took a little bit to figure out where the trailhead actually was for Signal Mountain. We started out by…

  • Scalplock Lookout 2017

    Scalplock Lookout 2017

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    Jake Bramante

    Finding high points in Glacier National Park in early spring (especially with a high snow pack like 2017!) can be difficult. Scalplock Lookout is one of the great options to do this. It has a south facing slope and doesn’t get too high, so snow melts out earlier. Longing for a day in Glacier, we…

  • Hermitage Point with Heron Pond and Swan Lake

    Hermitage Point with Heron Pond and Swan Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Hiking out to Hermitage Point in Grand Teton National Park takes you past Heron Pond and Swan Lake which makes for a wonderful, varied trip to bodies of water on a level trail. You can go to each one or visit all three for a big loop with great birding. We found the trailhead of…

  • Hello Yosemite!

    Hello Yosemite!

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    Jake Bramante

    After a long drive down to California, I finally made it to Yosemite National Park. I arrived in Yosemite Valley mid-morning on Saturday which was poor planning on my part. This place is crazy! (Both in scenery and the amount of people.) Anyway, I’m starting to get my bearing. Looking forward to exploring this amazing…

  • Memorial Day – 2017

    Memorial Day – 2017

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    Jake Bramante

    My grandfather fought in World War II like so many of what is known as the “Greatest Generation”. When he came back, he resumed his life like so many others. He was a husband, my mom’s father, and a pharmacist. My family is not a “military family” in the least, but I was raised with great…

  • Lakeshore Trail

    Lakeshore Trail

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    Jake Bramante

    The Lakeshore Trail in Grand Teton National Park forms a figure-eight shape as it works its way out onto a peninsula that forms Colter Bay’s north shore. This hike gives some wonderful views of Jackson Lake and the Tetons, but spends a large portion of its time in the peninsula’s woods. The waters were perfectly calm…

  • String Lake, Leigh Lake, Bearpaw Lake, & Trapper Lake

    String Lake, Leigh Lake, Bearpaw Lake, & Trapper Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    The chain of lakes at the base of the Tetons beginning with String Lake, then progressing through Leigh Lake and Bearpaw Lake, all the way to Trapper Lakes in Grand Teton National Park is a wonderful level walk with loads of variations for all sorts of hikers. Each lake is unique and can make for…