Glacier National Park Backpacking Trips
Glacier National Park 6 day backpacking trip from Bowman Lake to Kintla Lake via Brown Pass and Boulder Pass. I did the trip as part of an 8 person guided group (7 participants + 1 guide) with Glacier Guides whom I highly recommend.http://www.glacierguides.com/Tel: 406-387-5555These stats are from the Backpackers Permit which Glacier Guides arranged for the group.Date Itinerary Length Elev Up Elev Down---- --------- ------ ------- ---------Enter Bowman Lake9/06 Bowman Lake...
http://samh.net/backpacking/?do=showproduct&id=111Some of the Flavor Country boys got together for a trip in September of
2004 following the Boulder Pass loop in Glacier National Park. Eric,
Mark, Mike and Sam on their did the loop from Bowman Lake, up to
Hole-in-the-Wall, Boulder Pass and back down to Kintla Lake in the
North Fork region of Glacier National Park, Montana.
http://samh.net/backpacking/?do=showproduct&id=106During August of 2003, Mark, Matt and Sam got together for an excursion
out and back to Cracker Lake in the Many Glacier district on the east
side of Glacier National Park.Fed by meltwaters from an active glacier, Cracker Lake is filled
with minute particles of rock, ground up by the glacier. These tiny
particles, suspended in the water, reflect and refract light giving the
lake its deep opalescent color.
Once the scene of a mining boom in...
Backpacked for 4 days with Chris, April and Heather. We started at Jackson Glacier Overlook and hiked to Lake McDonald Hotel. We took a side trip to Sperry Glacier which is a must see. We ran into rain and snow as well as Grizzly Bears and Mountain Goats. A must do trip...
3 old guys (47+) did this trip with no training or any preparation. We got lucky when we applied for the camp permits and got them. 3 days later we were on the trail with packs that were too heavy. We did have fresh steaks and wine for supper the first night though.The GPS data did not save correctly - the time stamps are all screwed up - no way we can...
