Tag: Glacier National Park

  • South Shore St. Mary Lake

    South Shore St. Mary Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Started at the Red Eagle trailhead and wandered through the old burn area of St. Mary filled with silver trees, wildflowers and birds. Finally dropped down by the lake amongst the trees and walked along it soaking up fantastic views. All of this culminated to Virginia Falls and St. Mary Falls at the head of…

  • East Side

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    Jake Bramante

    Spending some time over on the East Side of the mountains to knock off a bunch of hikes. Unfortunately, the internet is super slow, so bear with me on releasing videos. In the meantime, I’m able to trickle out some photos to facebook, so feel free to swing on over to http://facebook.com/hike734 and check out…

  • Numa Ridge Lookout

    Numa Ridge Lookout

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    Jake Bramante

    A hike that starts out with the beautiful Bowman Lake with Rainbow Peak in the background has promises of being amazing and Numa Ridge Lookout does not disappoint. You gradually ascend through forest that houses many birds and wildflowers near the lake. As you get higher, the forest begins to open up and the views…

  • Siyeh Bend to Sun Point

    Siyeh Bend to Sun Point

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    Jake Bramante

    Picked up the section of trail from the Piegan Pass trail that starts at Siyeh Bend, passes the Jackson Glacier Overlook, continues along St Mary Lake and ends at Sun Point. The trail from Piegan Pass to Jackson Glacier Overlook was nothing of note, but kept getting better and better ending in a beautiful sunset…

  • Harrison Lake

    Harrison Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Harrison Lake is a great hike I’ve done a few times. It’s unique in that the most common way to get to the hike is to ford the Middle Fork of the Flathead at the Moccasin Creek put-in. This early in the season requires that you go across in a boat (usually forded in later…

  • Howe Ridge Trail

    Howe Ridge Trail

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    Jake Bramante

    Howe Ridge Trail runs from the Fish Creek area to the Trout Lake Trailhead along the west shore of Lake McDonald in Glacier. Both ends of the trail are well maintained, however, there is a 6 mile stretch that requires some serious route-finding. My friend Philip Granrud joined me on this one and braved the…

  • Snyder Ridge

    Snyder Ridge

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    Jake Bramante

    The Snyder Ridge Trail starts near the Apgar Village on the east side of Lake McDonald with a humble trailhead and runs along the eastern shore parallel to Lake McDonald. The trail crosses the Lincoln Lake trail and eventually intersects the Sperry/Gunsight trail and empties at Lake McDonald Lodge. Trail starts out gaining elevation where…

  • Flathead Ranger Station

    Flathead Ranger Station

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    Jake Bramante

    Got a ferry across the big, brown and fast North Fork Flathead River by Glacier Rim river access by my good friend Shawn Altenburg from Montana Elements to start out my hike by the old, long gone Flathead Ranger Station. This trail roughly parallels the Middle Fork of the Flathead River until it comes to…

  • 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).…