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  • Snyder Lakes

    Snyder Lakes

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    Jake Bramante

    Snyder Lakes – 8.7mi / 13.9km Snyder Lakes are a pair of alpine lakes that sit above Lake McDonald Lodge, although the trail only goes to the lower of the two. It passes through the inland Pacific rain forest full of moss and ferns, gaining well over 2,000 feet without many level spots. The steepest…

  • East Side Big Lakes

    East Side Big Lakes

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    Jake Bramante

    Two of the bigger lakes on the east side of Glacier National Park are Lake Sherburne and St. Mary Lake. Both are great spots to look for wildlife. I was dropping off some more of my Day Hikes Map Guides to some of my resellers and decided to do a common loon survey at the…

  • Lakeshore Trail

    Lakeshore Trail

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    Jake Bramante

    Lakeshore Trail – 2.2mi / 3.6km This walk explores a peninsula that juts out into Jackson Lake. The trail consists of two loops that are connected by a land bridge, forming a figure eight. Hiking it clockwise from the south shorelines to the north shorelines has you initially following a dirt road with filtered views…

  • Gaylor Lakes

    Gaylor Lakes

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    Jake Bramante

    Gaylor Lakes – 3.9mi / 6.2km This trail starts at the high elevation Tioga Pass and climbs a ridge with sweeping views before descending to two beautiful lakes high in the alpine. With the high elevation and the trail’s steep grade, you may be stopping to catch your breath as you climb up through the…

  • Swiftcurrent Pass and Swiftcurrent Lookout

    Swiftcurrent Pass and Swiftcurrent Lookout

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    Jake Bramante

    For a sunny day version of this trip, click here. The trip up and over Swiftcurrent Pass from Granite Park Chalet to the Swiftcurrent Inn in the Many Glacier valley (with a side trip up to the Swiftcurrent Lookout) is rich with views and wildlife. Unfortunately for this trip, I experienced limited views and limited…

  • Johns Lake Trail

    Johns Lake Trail

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    Jake Bramante

    The hike extending from the Sperry trailhead by Lake McDonald Lodge to the Avalanche Lake trailhead covers some fantastic lush undergrowth through the low areas of the West Glacier area. It travels past the small quiet John’s Lake and makes up part of the Johns Lake Loop which is a great short hike right off…

  • West Shore Lake McDonald

    West Shore Lake McDonald

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    Jake Bramante

    While most visitors to Glacier National Park drive along Going to the Sun Road on the east shore of Lake McDonald, few know of the trail that runs along the west shore and even fewer hike it. We started at the north end of the trail after taking a left onto North Lake McDonald Drive…

  • Howe Lake

    Howe Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Walked up to Howe Lake with my friend Reed Trontel. Anyway, you’ll start out in some forested areas, but will quickly pop out into the burn areas and the lake (unless you did the loop like we did that started at the Howe Ridge Trail where that’s all in the burn area to the lake).…

  • Medicine Grizzly Lake

    Medicine Grizzly Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Right up the heart of the Cutbank Creek drainage lies a beautiful lake called Medicine Grizzly Lake. 2011 was an amazing year for wildflowers and waterfalls and this trip displayed that tremendously. Most people walk past the junction to this lake on their way to Triple Divide Pass which gives you a bird’s eye view…