Tag: hike

  • North of the 49th

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    Jake Bramante

    Well I’m heading up north tomorrow to hike trails in Waterton Lakes National Park for the next couple of weeks. Won’t be getting out much in the way of blogs, but you can track my hiking on the Track Page. Also, follow me on Twitter and Instagram if you do both of those with the…

  • Siyeh Pass – August 2012

    Siyeh Pass – August 2012

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    Jake Bramante

    During my presentation/fundraiser for the Glacier National Park Fund, some folks won a hike with me of their choice. They chose Siyeh Pass and what a great hike on a perfect day! We got to see wildflowers, goats, sheep, birds, etc. Check out my full hike review of Siyeh Pass here!

  • Glaciers Visible from Going-to-the-Sun Road

    Glaciers Visible from Going-to-the-Sun Road

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    Jake Bramante

    With a name like Glacier National Park, one would expect to show up and see a ton of glaciers everywhere. The truth of the matter is a little more complicated. For starters, the park is so named for the way that it was formed as giant glaciers carved out the peaks leaving amazing mountain formations…

  • Waterton Lakes National Park Announcement

    Waterton Lakes National Park Announcement

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    Jake Bramante

    As a follow up to last year’s project of hiking all the trails in Glacier National Park, Jake Bramante is heading out to hike the much less ambitious 125 miles of trails in Waterton Lakes National Park in the month of September, 2012. Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park come together to form…

  • Lincoln Lake

    Lincoln Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    Right off of Going to the Sun Road next to Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Lincoln Lake trailhead starts and heads up Snyder Ridge in a hurry. It doesn’t offer much in views except little pockets where you’ll get small views of the lake or some surrounding mountains. It starts out in the characteristic…

  • Mineral Creek Cabin

    Mineral Creek Cabin

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    Jake Bramante

    In the early days of Glacier National Park, there were two trails that went up McDonald Creek around Flattop Mountain from Packer’s Roost. One went up McDonald Creek towards Trapper Creek and joined the Northern Highline by the Fifty Mountain Campground while the other went up Mineral Creek, passed a cabin and joined the Northern…

  • Rising Sun

    Rising Sun

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    Jake Bramante

    In the St. Mary area of Glacier National Park lies an important motor inn called Rising Sun that contributed to the death of the Going to the Sun Chalet located at today’s Sun Point. Across the road from this motor inn and along St. Mary Lake, lies a picnic area and the start of the…

  • Grinnell Glacier

    Grinnell Glacier

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    Jake Bramante

    (For an updated and sunnier version of Grinnell Glacier, click here.) The Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park contains many classic (and popular) hikes. One of these gems is the hike up to Grinnell Glacier. Round trip, the hike is about 10 miles long with a gain of about 2,000 feet. It’s completely worth…

  • North Fork Belly River

    North Fork Belly River

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    Jake Bramante

    In the far northeast corner of Glacier National Park lies the Chief Mountain trailhead which gives you access to the Belly River drainage. Most visitors walk right past the fork in the trail that leads down to the Belly River about three miles in. While it looks just like an access to the river, it’s…