Glacier National Park Chat

llholmes1948 wrote:...anyone trying this would have to show proper respect for their alders.

Just came across this old thread. I was thinking we'd talked about this Reynolds Mtn Lookout this past spring, but it's two seasons ago now!
Did anyone ever get a chance to get up there & look for it?
(or did it happen & I missed the post?)

Even on a September weekday the Many Glacier boats were full up on the morning we did the Grinnell hike. We stopped at the MGH boathouse about 20 minutes before a departure & there were 15-16 folks on the wait list. Rather than risk it, we just hiked around the two lakes. We did catch the final ...

Thanks Lyman! One of my biggest thrills at Glacier was seeing (& getting a couple pics of) a wolverine on the Oberlin Trail.

Where is the bridge at Virginia Falls? I was looking at our pics of the falls and don't see (or recall) where there was a bridge...

So sorry to hear about that. We had to put one of our cats to sleep last month that we'd also had to give insulin shots to for the past three years; he finally got an ulcerated tumor & life just became too uncomfortable. I know you'll have lots of memories.

Altschweier wrote: Just when you think you're almost there though, the last .4 of a mile up the morraine is a tough one.

Yup!!!

I'm another one who has to give a thumbs up to the Italian restaurant at Swiftcurrent. We ate there about 5 evenings (out of 2 weeks) on our past Glacier trip and the meals were always enjoyable. Several times we spied folks at nearby tables that we'd seen on the trail & had a good time sharing ...

Wow! Definitely a big difference in wildflower coverage around that tarn compared with our September '08 pics!

Jay w wrote:Comments welcome (such as "Damn that loads slow" or "You should leave out half the pictures...or half the words.")

Good mix of pics and words; I enjoyed it! Besides the Glacier pics, the Canadian Rockies pics brought back memories from a visit we made a couple of years ago.

A few more shots of scenes along the trail on this page:

http://www.geocities.com/baroberts@prod ... stmary.htm

As you can see, there are a lot of cascades between St. Mary's and Virginia, so don't turn back too soon!

So did you all run down & check out the Reynolds Lookout site since you were so close?
Looks like it's just a hop, skip & a jump away in the next to last pic!

We've been using various daypacks as carry-ons for the past dozen years & have never had any problems, either domestic or international. As mentioned, they need to be within the size limits, which yours seems to be. We did laundry at Swiftcurrent, where we were staying at the half-way point of a...

Makes my legs hurt just thinking about that! Were you able to stand up when you got off the bike?

Any idea if the Park service accepts coolers as a donation? There has to be a cabin somewhere that needs one :) We always buy an inexpensive one when we arrive at a destination and leave it at the last place we stay. Our final day at Glacier last year was at an Apgar cabin; we told them we were lea...