Tag: Glacier National Park

  • Climbing Papoose via Lee Ridge

    Climbing Papoose via Lee Ridge

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    Jake Bramante

    One of the spiny outcrops along the ridge of Chief Mountain is Papoose and a fun climb via Lee Ridge which was filled with wildflowers on an epic day in the Belly River area of Glacier National Park. With the construction at Many Glacier forcing us to turn around and go for plan B, we…

  • Biking Going-to-the-Sun Road – May 2025

    Biking Going-to-the-Sun Road – May 2025

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    Jake Bramante

    The bluebird skies had us calling up our friend Jess, throwing our bikes on our car, and biking up Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, an annual tradition that never disappoints. Our friend Jess had never biked Going-to-the-Sun Road. Her and I were going to lead a bike-and-bird field trip for Flathead Audubon, so we…

  • Medicine Grizzly Lake (July 8th, 2018)

    Medicine Grizzly Lake (July 8th, 2018)

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    Kristen Bramante

    If you follow Hike 734 you are probably aware that Jake is currently hiking and exploring Olympic National Park in Washington.  Although I’d love to join him on this adventure, my full-time job as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer and some lingering limitations from the long recovery process of a fractured foot is keeping me close…

  • Zion National Park Announcement

    Zion National Park Announcement

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    Jake Bramante

    That I would start blogging about Zion National Park will come as no surprise to those of you that are subscribed to my mailing list, “Like” me on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter or Instagram. (If you aren’t, you should subscribe on the right, “Like”, and follow.) In May of 2014, Kristen and I…

  • Glacier Christmas Bird Count 2014

    Glacier Christmas Bird Count 2014

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    Jake Bramante

    It’s that time of the year for Audubon’s 115th annual Christmas Bird Count. As if I needed any excuse to get out in Glacier National Park on a sunny day…. citizen science is always a great excuse. While the snow was really crunchy making it hard to hear and easy to scare birds away, we still…

  • “All About Glacier” Lecture Series

    “All About Glacier” Lecture Series

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    Jake Bramante

    I’m pleased to let you know about a free presentation I’m doing next Wednesday night, November 12th at 7pm in the Arts and Technology Building at Flathead Valley Community College. I’m going to be presenting on my summer of 2011 where I hiked all of Glacier National Park’s trails. Click here to see a few…

  • Mt. Brown Raptor Count

    Mt. Brown Raptor Count

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    Jake Bramante

    I’ve really been enjoying the raptor counts in Glacier National Park. It’s always exciting to see loads of raptors and the company has been great. With Going-to-the-Sun Road being closed at Avalanche Creek, Swiftcurrent Pass was out. The weather precluded us from going on Tuesday, but with a good forecast for Wednesday, I put out…

  • Lee Ridge & Slide Lake Pika Survey

    Lee Ridge & Slide Lake Pika Survey

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    Jake Bramante

    Folks from the Glacier’s Citizen Science Program relayed to me how they were thwarted in their latest attempt to get four last pika surveys done by the amazing limestone boulder fields just below Gable Pass and at Slide Lake in Glacier National Park. I looked at my schedule and took the opportunity to head on up for…

  • Swiftcurrent Raptor Count Part 2

    Swiftcurrent Raptor Count Part 2

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    Jake Bramante

    Two weeks had past from my first raptor count when I found myself driving back up to Glacier National Park to do another raptor migration count. While the first trip in late September was a bluebird fall day, we only counted 25 birds. This day in early October was much more dynamic. The clouds were…