Glacier National Park Chat

I didn't apply this year. But I'm wondering if the Park Service let's people know where they stand in the lottery queue. It would be nice if they sent an email stating you are number 200 out of 2100 or you are 1800 out of 2100. At least last year we had a time stamp to kind of go by and we were abl...

I took the plunge and just sold off my Garmin unit. All new Cellphones have GPS installed and will work without a cell signal... I’ve decided to go with Gaia GPS based on friend’s recommendation. It was a free download but I expect that there will be a subscription fee required at some point. You c...

I'd suggest you look at a good 25" wide pad and combine that with a top quilt from Elightened Equipment. We use Neo Air All Season pad with a two person Quilt from them and love it. Nemo also makes a top quilt and their design is great but Enlightened lets you choose the down, materials, colors...

That photo of the cliff section is where we encountered the Grizzly coming our way. The photos are awesome, especially around Fifty. Great trip report.

Heff

The climbers we met at MAN told us they left Jason's reel on the large flat-topped boulder near the top of the switchbacks to Brown Pass. It's a prominent spot and we planned to try to to find it when we got there four days hence. Unfortunately our search revealed no reel. Thinking perhaps here was ...

Very well done. We can only hope that Sperry will be reborn at some point.

Heff

That's still nine miles though, right? I wouldn't run through Glacier alone at dusk for anything... I'm with ya. That route took us a little over 5 hours to hike (with full packs) but I sure wouldn't want to do it at dusk. Impressive feat however. Has to be close to 50 miles and lots of elevation g...

Great trip report!! Thanks for sharing... RE the day hiker from Many to Granite to Fifty to Stony to PTarmigan to Many... I simply don't understand. Is that possible as a day?!? Did he make it back? I'm guessing he did make it since we saw him come through ELF on his way to Many at around 6 pm. Cer...

Thoroughly enjoying your report. I think it's awesome that you got to share this experience with your Dad. I'm also impressed that he would agree to tackle the route on his first ever backpack trip. I'm still kind of amazed at how the logistics all worked out for us on this trip and how easily it ca...

Robin: Laura and I have always loved your old photos from the Park. It was great meeting you even though we didn't know you were a chatter at the time. It's cool to have such history in the area in your family. We rarely see much wildlife during backpacking trips, but this year was the exception. :s...

Love hearing the details of your trip and looking forward to more. I understand your feelings on not finding any of the trees. I'd love to hear more about your Dad's thoughts on the trip. I think my Dad would have loved the backcountry of GNP if he had started visiting the parks as a younger person.

Great trip report Tim! I guess I'll have to get to working on mine now. As far as lake shores being lower, it was very noticeable at Lake Janet, I didn't think Francis was too low although the waterfall was flowing less than I'd expect. The beach at Cosley seemed to be at it's normal level. The Cos...

ditto what Jay said. Such a long trek but you worked out the logistics beautifully. I found this interesting too so I may look into it altho I use a Giga stove: the MSR Windboiler is unbelievably efficient, with a 4 ounce fuel canister lasting into the 6th day. The bear encounters are amazing; espe...

So that's why we didn't see any wildlife on our way to Chief . . . it was waiting for you along the trail! :D I really appreciate you posting both the GNP Permit Data as well as your Gaia App Data. It was interesting to see the difference. I use that app myself and really like it. Thanks for taking...

Enjoying your trip report. The section of the trail between Lake Francis and Boulder Pass is probably my favorite in the park. Of course the Highline and Daw-Pit are amazing too, but since you pretty much have to backpack to get through this section makes it that much better. We were there just a co...