Glacier National Park Chat

Once again --- unsuccessful ... there should be a check how many years one has been unsuccessful!! ... guess I'll try to go in Late Sept.

Received this today: "We are writing in regard to your request for a 2020 season backcountry camping advance reservation in Glacier National Park. Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and recommendations from state and local public health authorities in c...

It sounds like a great trip! Unlike you ... my partner and I saw hardly any wildlife on our trip around the Northern Loop. It was great to talk to you at Cosley. You didn't mention the Loon chorus early in the morning at Cosley! Also ... you are right ... We have spent a lot of time in Glacier ... a...

You met another "chatter" at Cosley !

I was the short one with the tall one!

-robin

Very sad .. but on a positive note ... Quite a bit of it is made of stone.

robin

Well ... this puts a crimp into my plan to hike to hidden lake on my way over to Many Glacier.... not sure I can get up at 5 in whitefish after a 12 hour drive the day before ... just to get a parking place at logan ... wonder how hard the parking is on the east side pass for the hikes along there? r

Thanks! looks like a great day ... and I enjoyed the geology lesson very much.
robin

They were true to their word ... "Granite Park to Ahern Drift: One tree down. The Ahern Drift has been blasted. Please note that the conditions of the drift may still change as the snow continues to melt." Jason - I will be on the highland portion of the trail on the 16 & 17 ... going ...

Thanks for all the pictures & updates on this thread ....

going to be in Glacier same time as ND Jason ... and on the same trail?

A new phone app --- "sciencecache" has been created for citizen scientists to help track huckleberry consumption in Glacier. It has several routes with marked huckleberry bushes to note their condition as you pass along. Try it out ... seems like it might be a great thing for kids to do. -...

Current status: Granite Park Chalet - Fifty Mtn. Campground/ 11.9 mi. Initial Clearing scheduled: Projected clearing date 7/28/17 per 250 Granite Park to Ahern Drift: One tree down. One high angle snowfield 10 yards across just south of Ahern Drift. The Ahern Drift is approximately 30 yards across w...

just go to google.com

To celebrate 100 years of the NPS.

Features Chief Mountain

As all my local hiking trails are being wiped out by the Soberanes Fire here in Monterey ....
I got to thinking about the Reynolds Creek Fire ... Was there ever a determination of the cause of the fire?

Thanks
Robin

al_in_al ----


You went by the Reynolds Creek Backcountry site ... any pictures on what that area looks like now?

thx robin