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Ranger Jackie and the Waterfalls of St Mary
July 20, 2014There is a boat tour that leaves from the Rising Sun boat dock and crosses St Mary Lake, taking passengers to Baring Falls (above) and, if they are interested, on a National Park Service Ranger-Naturalist led guided hike up to St Mary Falls. We decided to take this three mile ranger led hike to…
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GNP: Logan Pass to Hidden Lake Overlook
July 20, 2014 On our last full day at Glacier, we decided to head out to Logan Pass and take a short, popular hike to Hidden Lake. We knew there would be plenty of other people walking this same trail, so 1) it seemed safe enough to travel in twos and 2) we should get…
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Many Glacier
July 19, 2014 At some point while visiting Glacier, one has to make a choice. It would take probably a whole season, a whole year, maybe even a whole lifetime to see the entire 1583 square acres of this park, or to visit all of the 700 miles of trails, or to visit all seven…
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Trails of the Cedars, GNP Montana
July 18 2014 Avalanche Creek crashes through a gorge, just feet from the boardwalk that composes the Trail of the Cedars in Glacier National Park. This trail is really a short stroll (0.5 mile) that takes a person through first a cedar forest, then a grove of hemlocks. Even though it is a highly accessible,…