Tag: pika

  • Big Meadows, Granite Falls, and Haynach Lakes

    Big Meadows, Granite Falls, and Haynach Lakes

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    Jake Bramante

    The short hike to Big Meadows offers great birding, wonderful wildflowers, and a chance to see moose. Further on, the waters of Tonahutu Creek spill over the granite as the lovely Granite Falls. Further still, greater effort leads to the solitude of Haynach Lakes where a pristine lake full of trout sits below rugged mountains…

  • Mirror Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park

    Mirror Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park

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    Jake Bramante

    Tucked in the remote northwest corner of Rocky Mountain National Park, it will take you just as long to drive to the trailhead as to hike to this stunning alpine lake. You’ll have to work a bit to get there and pass through the scar of the 2020 Cameron Creek Fire. While taking away the…

  • 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…

  • Triple Divide Pass 2023

    Triple Divide Pass 2023

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    Jake Bramante

    Triple Divide Peak straddles the Continental Divide where water hitting one of it’s aspects can go not only west to the Pacific Ocean or east into the Atlantic Ocean (via the Gulf of Mexico), but also north into the Arctic Ocean via the Hudson Bay. Just below that summit sits Triple Divide Pass which is…

  • Poia Lake 2023

    Poia Lake 2023

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    Jake Bramante

    The beautiful Poia Lake sits in the Kennedy Creek drainage just north of the main Many Glacier Area of Glacier National Park. With a little bit of effort going over Swiftcurrent Ridge, you can enjoy this beautiful lake in a quieter area of the park. We’ve been doing quite a bit of citizen science work…

  • Table Mountain

    Table Mountain

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    Jake Bramante

    Table Mountain boasts incredible views of the Grand Tetons. It’s summit sits on the boundary of the Jedediah Smith Wilderness and Grand Teton National Park, but the trail itself comes in from the Idaho side and is entirely in the Jedediah Smith Wilderness area. Regardless, for fans of Grand Teton National Park, it’s a hike…

  • Finding Pikas at Piegan

    Finding Pikas at Piegan

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    Jake Bramante

    While the American Pika can be found in talus slopes all over Glacier National Park, Piegan Pass is a wonderful place to look. With the trail cutting through numerous talus slopes, it’s gentle grade, fantastic views, and great chance to see other animals, it’s a great day hike. “Well, I’ve never seen a pika before…

  • Electric Peak and Cache Lake

    Electric Peak and Cache Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    The climb up to the summit of Electric Peak culminates to breathtaking, unparalleled, panoramic views of the Mammoth area of Yellowstone National Park. The spur trail to Cache Lake is a nice destination and far less arduous. Both are longer days, and paired together, gives you an epic adventure. Electric Peak stands tall and proud…

  • Mt Holmes and Trilobite Lake

    Mt Holmes and Trilobite Lake

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    Jake Bramante

    The long hike to Mt. Holmes in Yellowstone National Park takes you from meadows along creeks, through burn areas, up to barren, rocky landscapes with plenty of views at the site of a lookout. On the way to the lookout, a trail forks off to the small, alpine lake called Trilobite Lake, tucked beneath these rocky…