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Nice trail in a couple of those pics!!!!
 
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Upper Kintla Lake in Glacier National Park -- June 2023 -- with @Jeffrey Chandler

I was able to chip away at more new trail miles this summer at Glacier NP. I am up to 403 miles out of 734. Jeff is in a Masters program at the Univ. of Montana!

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Good for Jeff! Haven't seen much of him around here lately. And look at those flowing locks!

Did you guys take a look at the old relics from the oil drilling at the upper head of (lower) Kintla? I've wanted to go see that for a while but didn't have time to go that far when I went to Kintla a few years ago.
 
Jackson said:
Good for Jeff! Haven't seen much of him around here lately. And look at those flowing locks!

Did you guys take a look at the old relics from the oil drilling at the upper head of (lower) Kintla? I've wanted to go see that for a while but didn't have time to go that far when I went to Kintla a few years ago.
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I knew that they had oil activity up that way a hundred years ago but I didn't even think that there might be something to see. We didn't go beyond this photo spot (at the foot of Upper Kintla) as it was over 9 miles just to get here. That oil activity was a main purpose that they built the Inside North Fork Road. Retroactively I choose to believe anything would be buried under thick brush.
 
chandlerwest said:
I knew that they had oil activity up that way a hundred years ago but I didn't even think that there might be something to see. We didn't go beyond this photo spot (at the foot of Upper Kintla) as it was over 9 miles just to get here. That oil activity was a main purpose that they built the Inside North Fork Road. Retroactively I choose to believe anything would be buried under thick brush.
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Haha. I imagine most of it is buried in the brush, but there's actually an old boiler thing that's in the shallow water at the head of the lower lake. It's right near the backcountry campsite, from what I understand.

Here's a photo from another site:
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A shout-out to good customer service. I returned my Osprey Zenith 105 backpack to have the zipper on the rear compartment fixed. The zipper had become separated from the pack itself, and could not zip the compartment shut anymore. I filled out their online form and sent the pack back to them. They said with their heavy volume it could take 8 - 12 weeks to get the fixed pack back to me. Well, the pack showed up today, and the turnaround time was 4 weeks and 1 day. The repair looks good and the zipper works as intended now. Hidden Creek here we come! :)

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Van Cott loop this morning. My first cold weather hike of the season.

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Frozen puddle

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Van Cott ridgeline

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On the old Jeep road now

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A brisk morning

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Sunflowers hanging on at the end of October

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Curlycup Gumweed

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Hairy Goldenaster

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Sumac

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Not may red leaves left this time of year in the foothills

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Toadflax

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Scatman's hood down below

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Some snow

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Black Mountain

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Why am I not up on that ridge? :)

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Sheila, just off the summit

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Looing up towards the top of Van Cott from the Red Butte Canyon side of things

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I love these pale yellow maple leaves

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Fall red

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Red Butte

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Back at the Sube.
 
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Wheres the snow? doesnt look cold ?
 
Scatman, now 31 degrees is Not Cold! Maybe chilly yes but not cold. But that wind can make up the difference. Looks like the last storm did not put much snow on the mountains, but we all know winter is coming. Thanks for posting!

By the way... that is Great on the pack. Hidden Crrek is there waiting for you by the way and gorgeous as always. Might be there next summer myself for a good while. And that is IF I do not go on back to Alaska.
 
Cycled up City Creek Canyon for the 39th year in a row today. Unfortunately, they will be upgrading the water treatment plant in the canyon and the upper half of the canyon will be closed for three years in order to complete the upgrade. So the streak ends at 39. :(

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About a month ago with my wife, son and his girlfriend in the Sawatch. Steep choss and blocky ridge scrambling on a little know peak. Recommended

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We finally graduated from Canyon class 1.0 - at least that’s what it felt like yesterday :) Super happy, nice cool day in Sheiks.

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Looking back up, at least two routes through and lets just say we didn’t go back the way we came in, ha!
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Looking back at the final descent. Spring was running.
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Titans said:
We finally graduated from Canyon class 1.0 - at least that’s what it felt like yesterday :) Super happy, nice cool day in Sheiks.

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Looking back up, at least two routes through and lets just say we didn’t go back the way we came in, ha!
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Looking back at the final descent. Spring was running.
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Love it! Great work. And honestly hardly remember most of the places in those shots from when I went several years ago. I need to go back.
 
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