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  • Backpacking to Grace Lake – 2024

    Backpacking to Grace Lake – 2024

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    Jake Bramante

    Grace Lake is tucked up in the Logging Creek drainage past the long Logging Lake. Unlike Logging Lake, Grace Lake has towering mountains dropping to the edge of its shoreline and its location lends itself to more solitude. Our assignment was to do another Mountain Goat/Bighorn Sheep survey for the Citizen Science Program. Only a…

  • Lake Nokoni and Lake Nanita

    Lake Nokoni and Lake Nanita

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    Jake Bramante

    Lake Nokoni and Lake Nanita – 21.7mi / 34.9km Tucked below Ptarmigan Mountain are two stunning lakes, but it will take an epic effort to see both of them in one day. You’ll work your way through wonderful meadows on your way up the wide North Inlet river drainage on a fairly level trail. You…

  • Grinnell Lake – Spring 2019

    Grinnell Lake – Spring 2019

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    Jake Bramante

    As part of Glacier National Park’s Harlequin Duck project, a few of us headed over to the east side of the park to look for Harlequin Ducks. Sean (one of the park’s wildlife techs) and I went up to Grinnell Lake in the Many Glacier area of the park. While we didn’t find any Harlequins,…

  • Hole in the Wall

    Hole in the Wall

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    Jake Bramante

    Hole in the Wall is a fantastic basin perched above a cliff at the head of the Bowman valley. This is one of the spots in Glacier National Park seen only by those willing to go backpacking. For those people, it truly is a reward as it is a special place. The three main ways…

  • South Shore Jenny Lake

    South Shore Jenny Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    South Shore Jenny Lake – 3.8mi / 6.1km This tour of the south shore of beautiful Jenny Lake features a beautiful waterfall, an overlook of the lake, and prime moose habitat. After taking the boat shuttle across the lake, start from the boat dock and work your way up Cascade Creek as it cascades through…

  • Stanton Lake in the Fall

    Stanton Lake in the Fall

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    Jake Bramante

    This blog is part of a six part series of hikes in and around the Whitefish area in coordination with Explore Whitefish. Check out their website at https://explorewhitefish.com to find out more ways to explore the area, things to do, places to stay, and how you can recreate responsibly while visiting. Just outside of the…

  • Holly Lake

    Holly Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Holly Lake- 12.9mi / 20.7km The out-and-back hike to Holly Lake takes you through cool forests to rocky, alpine landscapes of Paintbrush Canyon. The trail crosses the outlet of String Lake. Stay right at the junction then loop around String Lake’s south and west shores through a mix of forest and aspen-lined avalanche chutes. Views…

  • String Lake Loop

    String Lake Loop

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    Jake Bramante

    String Lake Loop – 3.8mi / 6km The loop around String Lake gives you great vantages of this long, slender lake as well as the mountains that border it to the west. By doing this loop clockwise, the elevation going up along the mountains is more gradual, so at the parking lot take a left…

  • 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…