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re: Glacier National Park seeing record numbers in 2017

Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:26 pm to
Posted by sloopy
Member since Aug 2009
6913 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:26 pm to
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Many has some of the best hikes in the park.





Booked me a room at Many Glacier Hotel for a week next August.
Posted by PNW
Nevada
Member since Mar 2014
6338 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:28 pm to
Sweet! Here are some dayhikes out of Many I recommend:

Cracker Lake
Iceberg Lake
Ptarmigan Tunnel
Swiftcurrent Pass
Grinnell Glacier

No particular order.
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:29 pm to
quote:

how much work and effort that goes into maintaining the shorter, more frequently visited trails. Said she would much prefer to be out on the longer trails or the backcountry where a larger majority of hikers respect their surroundings.


Amen.
Posted by sloopy
Member since Aug 2009
6913 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:35 pm to
Thanks. Wish we could do it backpacking, but not sure how feasible it will be for us. However, hiking 10-12 miles a day is tollerable for us.
Posted by LSUTigerBait07
SD, Chicago, or New Orleans
Member since Sep 2007
2208 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:45 pm to
Poia lake has a cave system on the east side of the lake that has an underground waterfall. Worth the trip
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:52 pm to
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I spent a couple nights at the Reclusive Moose cabins last month.


Did you meet Ryan and Christie? Christie is my sister n law.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 5:56 pm to
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sounds like you never ventured off the road. We call folks like you window see'ers.


Rookie. We call people like you noobs.

Go spend a week in glacier bay.
Posted by Coater
Madison, MS
Member since Jun 2005
33598 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 6:22 pm to
There's a direct correlation with Chicken opening the travel board
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
11489 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 6:59 pm to
The ranger-led hike to Grinnell is worth it. Good information
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
25975 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:00 pm to
You can blame Instagram for this shite.
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10661 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:04 pm to
WTF? I've always thought Glacier National Park was in Alaska.
Posted by The Cottonmouth
Member since Jan 2014
64 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:04 pm to
Read "Missing 411"
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:13 pm to
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WTF? I've always thought Glacier National Park was in Alaska.


Glacier Bay. It's part of a huge Unesco heritage site that includes Wrangell-St Elias, Kluane and Tashenshini. Larger than some States.



This post was edited on 8/7/17 at 7:18 pm
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
45425 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:26 pm to
I need to come out and wet a fly line.
Posted by gthog61
Irving, TX
Member since Nov 2009
71001 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 7:29 pm to
They must really want to go because it isn't on the way to anywhere.
Posted by 257WBY
Member since Feb 2014
8545 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 8:23 pm to
Probably Asians making up the way xtra visitors.
Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
15689 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

sounds like you never ventured off the road. We call folks like you window see'ers.


Rookie. We call people like you noobs.

Go spend a week in glacier bay.



Dude don't know anything about 'dem 907 national parks baw

Posted by Jimmydatiger
North Endzone
Member since Dec 2011
369 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:15 pm to
Was there in June. Very crowded GTTSR and Lake McDonald lodge area but Highline spectacular and you lose all the noobs and seers after 1/2 mile or so and continue to Granite Park Chalet and get picked up at the Loop. Unreal hike have to say most amazing I've been on.
Suggest you can avoid all crowds and have a very scene drive along North Fork Road along the Flathead River on western side of the park and a great hike around Lake Bowman as a day hike and its just spectacular. Along the way have lunch at the wacky but delicious Home Ranch Bottoms run by an E Texas transplant named Shawn. After that 10 minutes down the road you come to the settlement of Polebridge which leads you to a ranger station and on to Bowman Lake. Not even mildly crowded.
Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:18 pm to
I love the mountains and Montana but I'm not afraid to admit that I am scared shitless of Grizzly bears. Snakes - meh. I realize that it's an unreasonable fear but it is there nonetheless.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:39 pm to
quote:


Dude don't know anything about 'dem 907 national parks baw


You could spend a lifetime and not cover all the territory.
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