Tag: huckleberry

  • Snyder Lakes 2024

    Snyder Lakes 2024

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    Jake Bramante

    Tucked amongst towering walls lies a pair of lovely lakes. While no trail reaches the upper lake, the 4.5 mile trail from Lake McDonald Lodge takes you to the lower of Snyder Lakes. First through the lovely cedar hemlock forest, then through the burned area with birds and flowers galore. On a predominantly overcast day,…

  • Lake Francis Backpack 2024

    Lake Francis Backpack 2024

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    Jake Bramante

    After taking a boat down from Waterton to Goat Haunt, we backpacked to the stunning Lake Francis for a quick overnighter. With the tall walls of The Sentinel towering overhead and a lovely waterfall feeding the lake, it’s a perfect spot to get away. Loon Days occur around the third week in July every year.…

  • Piegan Pass with Cataract Mountain – Fall 2023

    Piegan Pass with Cataract Mountain – Fall 2023

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    Jake Bramante

    Forecast called for a sunny day and with the fall colors poppin’, the trail was calling. We hadn’t been to Piegan Pass for a bit and thought that we might climb Cataract Mountain if we had time/energy/desire. It turned out to be a glorious day of colors, birds, mammals, and views in Glacier National Park…

  • Climbing Iceberg Peak and South Iceberg Peak 2023

    Climbing Iceberg Peak and South Iceberg Peak 2023

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    Jake Bramante

    It’s a big day full of trail miles and elevation, but the payoff for covering over 20 miles and 5,000ft in elevation gain is the incredible views looking down on the iconic Iceberg Lake and incredible views all day long from Iceberg Peak and it’s neighbor down the ridge, South Iceberg Peak, in Glacier National…

  • Glacier View – Fall 2021

    Glacier View – Fall 2021

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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. While we’ve only been…

  • Danny On Memorial Trail

    Danny On Memorial Trail

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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. Hikes that start at…

  • Siyeh Pass 2022

    Siyeh Pass 2022

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    Jake Bramante

    Alpine meadows, expansive views, a glacier, and a creek that tumbles into blue/green pools over red rocks all await on the Siyeh Pass Trail. While we like to do this hike when Preston Park is full of flowers, hiking it later in the summer yields less insects and more huckleberries. After a little bit of…

  • Climbing Mt Jackson 2022

    Climbing Mt Jackson 2022

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    Jake Bramante

    Of all of Glacier National Park’s sublime summits, only six of them crest over the 10,000 foot mark. Mt Jackson, with its long, rounded ridge is one of those summits and it is as rewarding as it is a long grind. While you could (and probably should) break it up into two days by camping…

  • Pitamakan – Dawson via the South Shore Trail 2022

    Pitamakan – Dawson via the South Shore Trail 2022

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    Jake Bramante

    The Pitamakan-Dawson Loop is one of our favorite hikes in Glacier that we try to do once a year. With the North Shore Trail of Two Medicine Lake closed, we ended up having a slightly longer day doing the South Shore Trail. We donned our running packs to do a faster version of the hike…