Tag: quartz lake loop

  • Quartz Lake Loop and Looning 2024

    Quartz Lake Loop and Looning 2024

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    Jake Bramante

    We wanted to go for a hike in Glacier National Park and the citizen science office needed Common Loon surveys done along the chain of lakes in the Quartz Creek drainage. So we set off to find some loons in Quartz Lake, Middle Quartz Lake, and Lower Quartz Lake. We found a lone loon in…

  • Quartz Lake Loop Looning 2014

    Quartz Lake Loop Looning 2014

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    Jake Bramante

    Working with the Citizen Science Program in Glacier National Park is a great excuse for me to get out (and it helps science in the Park!) as if I needed one. So my buddy TJ and I took off to do the Quartz Lake Loop. Quartz Lake, Middle Quartz Lake and Lower Quartz Lake are…

  • Quartz Lake Looning

    Quartz Lake Looning

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    Jake Bramante

    The Quartz Lake Loop has a love/hate relationship with me. The hike up and over Cerulean Ridge in the morning is long, gradual and not a killer on fresh legs. After you drop down into the lovely chain of lakes, you have the hike over Quartz Ridge, also named “Cardiac Ridge” as the trail takes…

  • Quartz Lake Loop and Quartz Creek

    Quartz Lake Loop and Quartz Creek

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    Jake Bramante

    The trail for the Quartz Lakes begins at the foot of Bowman Lake in the northwest corner of the park and follows its south shore. It crosses over Quartz Ridge at two locations making for a nice loop that can be done as one big 13 mile day hike or a two day trip with…