Glacier National Park Chat

Hi Tammy, Thanks, I'll try calling BA to see if they can fix the tent zippers. Maybe I'll get a new tent. Anyway, I think the BA UL1 was fine when the zippers worked. It's a good tent for a place like Glacier park backpacking in the summer. Most of the time the weather is good so you don't a heavie...

TNTammy spotted the bear on the webcams this morning and asked me to post photos. Tammy wondered if the Park Service has named/will name the bear? Considering its current residence and remembering a childhood friend with the name, I threw out "Cotton". https://farm1.staticflickr.com/799/41...

Was the end balcony shown in the photo (on the end of the building nearest the dining room) accessible only from one room at the end or did two rooms open onto this balcony? The two second floor rooms had access to this balcony. I stayed in the room on the MacDonald Lake side in 2014, and we happy ...

Part 5 Wed, Aug 23rd Cosley Lake to Helen Lake Campground Day 10, 7th day of Backpacking Trip 8.5 miles, 475 ft ascent (>1000 on gps but who's counting), 240 ft descent https://tntammy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Northern-Circle-Map-Day10.jpg "Next Girlfriend" Yup, there's been Sue, Ma...

Part 4 Sun, Aug 20th Mokowanis Junction to Glenn's Head Day 7, 4th Day of Backpacking Trip 0.4 miles (yes, that's four tenths), 0 ft ascent, 38 ft descent https://tntammy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Northern-Circle-Map-Day7.jpg 'Tam & Mike Take the Day Off' at Glenns Head Like a long sought ...

Part 3 Fri, Aug 18th Fifty Mountain to Stoney Indian Lake Day 5, 2nd Day of Backpacking Trip 8.2 miles, 1725 ft ascent, 2800 ft descent https://tntammy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Northern-Circle-Map-Day5.jpg Morning came too early at Fifty but was indeed crystal clear, fresh and beautiful. http...

Part 2 Tue, Aug 15th Day Trip to Swiftcurrent Lookout Day 2, 2nd night at Granite Park Chalet 4 miles round trip, 1,600 ft ascent and descent A scurry starts as quiet hours end at 6:00. By 7:00, the kitchen is filling with guests pulling their breakfasts off the shelf. The two Glacier Guides leader...

Part 1 Justa’ Walk ‘Round the Park – Montana, Summer 2017 Howdee! Good morning from my comfy couch after a grrrreat night’s sleep. On my second cup of coffee, yay! Where a middle of the night moment to pee doesn’t involve a headlamp, getting on a jacket & shoes, and the chilly unzipping of the ...

I'll post the trip report here too. I'm working on resizing the photos.

More to follow...........

I looked at the Big Agnes tents w/LEDs with Curiosity. If I compared them correctly, the LEDs increase the tent price $50. :shock: On our last trip TNTammy and I used a Luci light: https://www.mpowerd.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Luci-Lantern_1-21-14_0_0.jpg https://www.mpowerd.com/pr...

I will take a much closer look at the bathrooms. I'll take pictures if I can, including inside the ladies room... if possible. That is if NObody is around. I can just see the newspaper headline on that: "Whitefish man arrested in women's bathroom - Claims he was just doing research project on ...

snip http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8475/8422078820_3670c808bb_z.jpg -- Joyce *who wishes she knew how to edit the darned date stamps out of these older photos* Joyce, I don't know of an quick or automatic way to edit out the date stamps. But it doesn't take too long in Photoshop to get something th...

Here's what Tammy & I encountered (east side to west side) on our hike on July 28, 2012. Avalanche debris from last year (2011) blocking the "old" trail. http://home.comcast.net/~mike_f/Gunsite04.jpg New trail bypass around avalanche debris. http://home.comcast.net/~mike_f/Gunsite05.jp...

Mike, Tammy , and I talked to a couple who had gone around Ahern on July 29th or 30th if I recall correctly. We met them as they were headed to Chief Mtn and out... on our 7/31-8/3 backpack. They said something like "It wasn't that bad. You could go down and around it." They also said tha...

Great and timely trip report. Here's a photo Pete took with my camera (he was taking pics of Tammy & me when the "crime" occurred). The marmot is just starting to carry away his hiking stick. http://home.comcast.net/~mike_f/Marmot.jpg I'm still trying to recover from the trip home and ...