glacier national park

I was a bit distraught when I headed south after my August week because, being able to ford the Middle Fork of the Flathead River was so close to doable. I immediately started dreaming of making a bonus trip later in the year. Plus after a lifetime of visiting Glacier National Park I had never...

Sharing a journal of my backpacking trip to =AZWJ_oQwtLb1m0-JESVHxpGlahtB-mgE-P3NpjHSg5TETFu8vlu61xmoyufDzTAqdwK4z6I6-7ykm2VNHCPYF0yAjhhtTdRQC6hwg6JFyLZ4z07AAcPgx49rrKWsfi85fy4QaOdPeHEkvxuW1f_HhfmAYPNhZEgeDpUiiC16kAofPA&__tn__=-]K-R']Glacier National Park starting the end of August through the...

With Jeff and Kurt the whole gang was with me in August. There was a low snowpack this winter so I was hopeful that I could get across the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Ever the nerd I was keeping track of the daily snow melt and runoff into the river. The river level was a bit higher...

I have to admit. I am obsessed and focused on hiking as many miles of trails in Glacier National Park as a day hiker can. With advancing age and limited opportunity I am feeling the pressure. Years ago I obtained from (Hike 734, @Jake Bramante) an Excel spreadsheet of all sections of the...

Chandlerwest's post about Glacier got me thinking about our recent trip to the National Park. My daughter and son-in-law had to back out due my daughter's knee surgery, so it was just my son and I as we left Northern California after work on Friday. We drove up through Oregon, Washington, and...

I have tried to think of some witty reason as to why this trip report is a year late. I got nothing. At this second, the best I have is I was a bit down after the August week. We were able to ford the Middle Fork of the Flathead but I didn't force that agenda. I turned 65 so maybe that...

I probably have alluded to this previously but I am proudly declaring it today. I am a "Collector" of Glacier National Park trail miles. Circumstances, desire and life events have blessed me with the opportunity to visit Glacier over a 39 years period. I solely day hike so accumulating miles...

I don't have much of a story to tell and I sort of overdosed on taking pictures on this trip (983) that I wasn't going to do a trip report. But this morning my responsibility to BCP came to me. For six years I have been your supplier of your Glacier National Park fix. I just can't cut you off...

As previously shared I have spent the better part of 35 years visiting Glacier National Park. As a day hiker I am limited to how far into the park I can reach. But I have still managed to hike over 300 miles of its trails. The Middle Fork of the Flathead River provides a natural barrier to...

With @Jeffrey Chandler going off to college and the uncertainty of his future, and the affect this transition will have on my life, we have been looking at this trip as possibly being the last arrow in the quiver. We wanted to make it a GRAND adventure. Our preliminary plans were so exhausting...

August 4th 2018 Despite the Chandler Family Glacier Trip being a bi-annual affair for a few years now, its also been those few years that I have been working as a seasonal ranger during the summer. I was pretty psyched to finally get the chance to go back. So far it seems to be the one perk...

This is my first ever trip report, I hope it's not boring! On June 21st 2015, two friends and I left from the Chicago suburbs for Glacier National Park. We decided we're young so we could make the drive straight through, well we did but that was a very rough 27hours! Almost hit about 400...

This is the Glacier trip I did last summer with Joey, Dave and Matt. Joey does such an amazing job editing and publishing these videos. They're not just highlights, but the entire adventure. While I realize most people won't spend an hour to watch this in its entirety, you have to acknowledge...

This is a 3 night, 4 day backpacking loop in Glacier National Park. From late June, 2015. We started at Packer's Roost, hiking in the first night to the Flattop Mountain Campsite. Day 2 we hiked to the Fifty Mountain Camp, and Day 3 we hiked the northern section of the Highline trail to...

This is the second part of a two part post about a trip to Glacier National Park by Holly and Tim V. We were camped for a couple of days at St Mary campground on the East side of Glacier. Our particular loop appeared to have been cleared out by a fire at sometime in the past because there was...

There are a lot of photos so I will split this into two parts. My daughter Holly and I continued our tour of the northwest wild lands by driving from Mount Rainier ( see post on hiking forum) to West Glacier where we hoped to hike the well known park day trails but also score on some backcountry...

Let me preface this by saying I suck at trip reports and I took the wrong lens for my Nikon DSLR (55-200mm). But here goes.................. So every year I spend at least a week in the Tetons. Sometimes 2. Last year I did an off-trail trip in the Northern section of the park with Joey. After...

Here is a short report of a 5 day backpacking loop I did in Glacier National Park. Joining me was my youngest brother Andrew, who is exactly 11 years younger than me (we share the same birthday), and his best friend Sterling, who is pretty much like another brother to us. After years of...

Scenic Trip Through Glacier National Park in June 2014 My wife, her friend, and I drove from Idaho Falls to northern Montana and spent several days in the park. As we made our way along the Flathead River, it became apparent that the area received a large amount of rain/snow over the past few...

Sorry for how long this one is. I tried to whittle down my pictures to the best but Glacier provides too many "bests." With my family and friends headed home I was left to occupy more time in Montana. I had several half formulated plans to spend a couple days: day hike in the Bob Marshall...