Glacier Park Chat
This is an awesome, beautiful Lake! Great hike! I highly recommend this hike to anyone who has the time!
It is about 12 Miles Round Trip, to the Lake and back out. The great thing about this hike, aside from the amazing Lake and wonderful views. Is the fact that it is one of Glacier's hidden gems. Glacier's little secrets. Those "trails less traveled" type places. Most people walk past the junction to this lake on their way to Triple Divide Pass.
The Trailead is located in the Cut Bank area of the Park. It is right next to the Cut Bank Campground.
The day I hiked it, I believe was on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. I was with my friends Kacey, Kendra and Tyler aka Chris. This was our first visit and hike to this particular area of the Park.
The entire area of Cut Bank is amazing! I really love this area of the Park.
The day we did this hike was beautiful! Blue skies without a cloud in the sky! Picture perfect day! And the morning drive heading over to the Cut Bank area did not disappoint.....the morning and views were spectacular....
As if those views and the morning were not incredible enough...we were just about to turn off onto the dirt road that leads to the Cut Bank Campground as I saw something sitting on top of a tree. Low and behold it was a Red-Tailed Hawk perched on top! The blue skies made for an awesome backdrop for these photos!
It had that feeling....that feeling of some Glacier Magic! You could just tell it was going to be a great day! The views, the weather, the Hawk!
Onward to the Trailhead! We were all beyond excited to get started!
The trail begins in a meadow that was absolutely teeming with wildflowers!
Bad Marriage Mountain dominates the view. Hmmmm, interesting mountain name. I should have seen that as some sort of sign..... hahaha
The trail continues on and you follow the North Fork of the Cut Bank Creek for most of the hike. You actually get a few really nice views of the Creek below and beside you. The views, Creek and Wildflowers are never ending on this trail!
As you follow the Creek and bop into thick forested woods and then break out into open meadows again, you begin to see RazorEdge Mountain. Apparently the snowfield below the summit is permanent. This is what I have been told by several sources..
There were a ton of Huckleberry bushes along this part of the trail. Something I made sure to take full advantage of
I enjoyed a nice snack and the views before continuing on. Next up was the Trail Junction that heads toward Triple Divide Pass.
Before long we had reached Atlantic Creek Campground. A nice little backcountry campground. I think this is more of a "stop over" utility type Campground. I think people use this that are exploring the Cut Bank area and even heading toward the St Mary Valley or heading up to Triple Divide Pass.
The trail divides.....next stop...Medicine Grizzly Lake!!.....
