{"id":428,"date":"2011-08-19T20:10:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T01:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dickeytexas.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2022-01-08T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:41:26","slug":"old-man-lake-glacier-aug-6-2011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dickeytexas.com\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Glacier National Park – Aug, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Old Man Lake – Glacier – Aug 6, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Old Man Lake in the Two Medicine area – Img 4077<\/p>\n

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Old Man Lake – Glacier – Aug 6, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Old Man Lake from above heading for Pitamakan Pass – Img 4092<\/p>\n

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Pitamakan Pass – Glacier – Aug 6, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A view back at Pitamakan Pass on the way to Dawson Pass.\u00a0 This trail from Two Mecidine, over Pitamakan Pass, around Dawson Pass, and back to Two Medicine is 18.8 miles, 2900 feet elevation rise and travels for miles on the Continental Divide. Was a good day hike.\u00a0 Img 4121<\/p>\n

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Pitamakan Lake – Glacier – Aug 6, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Pitamakan Lake viewed from the Pitamakin Pass – Img 4111<\/p>\n

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Sunrise at Two Medicine – Glacier – Aug 7, 2011 – <\/strong><\/em>Img 4203<\/p>\n

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Swiftcurrent Lake – Glacier – Aug 7, 2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Swiftcurrent Lake on the way to Grinnell Lake. Short easy day hike (7.8 miles)\u00a0 Img 4277<\/p>\n

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Lake Josephine – Glacier – Aug 7, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lake Josephine on the way back from Grinnell Lake – Img 4360<\/p>\n

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Highline Trail – Glacier – Aug 8, 2011<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking back at Logans Pass (where we started) from Highline trail near the Haystack Saddle. About 8 miles and 830ft elevation rise to Granite Park camp.\u00a0 Img 4546<\/p>\n

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Highline Trail – Glacier – Aug 8, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Curt crosses the snow on Haystack Saddle of the Highline trail Img 4565<\/p>\n

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Highline Tail view – Glacier – Aug 8, 2011 – <\/strong><\/em>Img 4569<\/p>\n

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Bear Valley – Highline Trail – Glacier – Aug 8, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bear Valley – Getting close to Granite Park campground along the Highline trail. Glacier Lilies in bloom.\u00a0 \u00a0Img 4610<\/p>\n

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Granite Park- Glacier – Aug 8, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Campground at Granite Park – rained on us that night – Img 4611<\/p>\n

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Curt Filtering Water – Glacier – Aug 8, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Curt filtering water at the Granite Park campground – Img 4631<\/p>\n

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Swiftwater Pass – Glacier – Aug 9, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Heading up to the Swiftwater Pass. 700 feet rise in 0.9 miles then about 6 miles all downhill back to the car at Many Glacier.\u00a0 \u00a0 Img 4672<\/p>\n

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Randy & Curt – Glacier – Aug 9, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Randy & Curt on Swiftwater pass trail heading for Many Glacier – Img 4708<\/p>\n

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Swiftwater Trail – Aug 9, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Trail down from Swiftwater pass to Many Glacier – Img 4717<\/p>\n

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Redrock Falls – Glacier – Aug 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Redrock Falls – Img 4946<\/p>\n

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Moss Campion<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Moss Campion on Swiftwater trail – Img 4794<\/p>\n

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Bullhead Lake – Glacier\u00a0 – Aug 9, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bullhead Lake from Swiftwater trail – Img 4816<\/p>\n

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Swiftwater trail falls – Glacier – Aug 9, 2011<\/strong><\/em> – \u00a0Img 4858<\/p>\n

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Glacier Sunset – Aug 9, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Around St Mary’s area. Not much color in the sunsets because the air is so clean.\u00a0 \u00a0 Img 4985<\/p>\n

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Trail to Piegan Pass – Aug 10, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Peigan Pass is out of sight around the left side of the photo. Nine miles round trip with 1670ft elevation rise.\u00a0 \u00a0Img 4995<\/p>\n

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Piegan Pass Trail – Aug 10, 2011 – <\/strong><\/em>Img 5026<\/p>\n

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Alpine pond – Glacier – Aug 10, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Alpine pond in Preston Park on the Siyeh Pass Trail. A side trip off of the Peigan Pass trail.\u00a0 \u00a0 Img 5125<\/p>\n

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Akokala Lake Camp – Glacier – Aug 11, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Our campground at Akokala Lake in western Glacier Nat Park. The hike was about 6 miles in with about 1000ft elevation rise.\u00a0 \u00a0Img 5263<\/p>\n

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Lake Akokala – Glacier – Aug 11, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lake Akokala near Lake Bowman on the west side of Glacier – Had the campground to ourselves – Img 5266<\/p>\n

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Bowman Lake – August 12, 2011<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bowman Lake on the west side of Glacier Nat Park – Img 5500<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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