Avalanche Creek Trail Improvement

Have you taken a great hike or want to? Post a note here about the various trails and hikes in the park.

Moderators: teapot57, Tara

Post Reply
PeteE
Posts: 3346
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:20 pm
Gender?: Male
Please add the numbers(11): 11
Location: Winter hHaven Florida
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Avalanche Creek Trail Improvement

Post by PeteE »

I noticed this sign at the Avalanche creek trailhead yesterday.
http://www.glacier.nationalparkschat.co ... 57#p107457
This is a great improvement to this very popular and crowded trail.
So THANKS to Louise and Tom Bannigan for making it happen!

pete :wink:

Image
"If you are not curious, you will learn nothing" -Goethe-

"When you're born in this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show.
And when you're born in America, you're given a front row seat."

George Carlin
User avatar
tibber
2.0 Donator
2.0 Donator
Posts: 474
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:50 am
Gender?: Female
Please add the numbers(11): 11
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Has thanked: 75 times
Been thanked: 28 times

Re: Avalanche Creek Trail Improvement

Post by tibber »

How cool is that?! :arrow:
PeteE
Posts: 3346
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:20 pm
Gender?: Male
Please add the numbers(11): 11
Location: Winter hHaven Florida
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 1 time
Contact:

Re: Avalanche Creek Trail Improvement

Post by PeteE »

Yeah it is cool. 8)
It'll make Avalanche Lake a lot better destination.

The trail to the head of the lake is OK now even if it is a bit gnarly in places.
Looks like they will probably brush it out and maybe bridge a few places.
Sounds like they will make a few lake access spots along the trail too.

They'll have to do something about bridging the outlet creek too.
The beach on the far side is very nice. Plenty of room for people to spread out.

I once walked around the entire lake, but don't recommend it.
It gets pretty dodgy in a number of places...rocks and boulders to hop, log jams, brush, flies and mosquitoes.
And then fording the outlet creek at the end, in my case, "sock-footed". I thought I could cross on the log jam, but I couldn't. 8)

I suspect the people who like to fish up there will not be happy with the crowds to come, but you can't make everyone happy.


pete :wink:
"If you are not curious, you will learn nothing" -Goethe-

"When you're born in this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show.
And when you're born in America, you're given a front row seat."

George Carlin
Post Reply

Return to “Hiking”