Marias Pass to Beaver Lake 27 mi :: 1433 mi :: Sunny, warm On the way to the trailhead another camper stops us to ask if I’m hiking the CDT. Jim has hiked the PCT, and is itching to do this trail too. He says he delivers books to Old Faithful on Tuesdays – he…

East Glacier to Marias Pass 15 mi :: 1406 mi :: Sunny, warm Having Ann to support me in the car has made hiking easier and more fun in many ways. Today we discuss a possibility I haven’t capitalized on yet – hiking with just a day pack while Ann hauls my overnight gear in…

Morning Star Lake to East Glacier 24 mi :: 1391 mi :: Sunny, warm When I look up after stuffing my pack this morning there is a moose staring at me. It’s a cow, and she’s not too close for comfort, so I take her picture. I’m glad it’s not the bull I saw across…

Red Eagle Lake to Morning Star Lake 14 mi :: 1367 mi :: Sunny, warm Sleeping until 6:30 feels like sleeping in. I have a leisurely breakfast followed by hot cocoa, and start up the trail around 8:30, feeling luxuriously lazy. I still make it up Triple Divide Pass by noon. I have lunch there…

Many Glacier to Red Eagle Lake 30 mi :: 1353 mi :: Cloudy I’m underway at 6 am, the only person stirring in the giant campground. There is, however, a black bear snuffing around the quiet RVs. He looks at me for a second before shuffling off behind a bush. I’m in the salad again…

Fifty Mountain to Many Glacier 19 mi :: 1323 mi :: Sunny, breezy I make breakfast at the campground, and get on the trail around 8. It climbs to the divide, providing the best views yet of the array of icy peaks to the west. I wish I could name them, but they are just…

Waterton Townsite to Fifty Mountain 19 mi :: 1304 mi :: Sunny, warm I pack for a five day trip through Glacier National Park. It’s too problematic and expensive to meet Ann along the way. We’re both unhappy about it. After a good breakfast I get on the trail. It travels for several miles along…

Lewis & Clark NF to Waterton Townsite, Canada 0 mi :: 1285 mi :: Sunny, warm The tent is soaked with dew this morning, which sets us looking for a sunny place to make breakfast. We find it at a rest stop near Great Falls, but of course forget to dry the tent. I get…

Shirley Basin, WY to Lewis & Clark NF, MT 0 mi :: 1285 mi :: Overcast, rainy It’s raining when we wake up. It lightens up while we break camp, but it seems like we’re in for a wet day. We decide to try to find breakfast in Casper. We drive in a big spiral…

Pipeline Trailhead to Battle Pass 17 mi :: 1285 mi :: Warm, partly cloudy The divide here continues to be really pleasant ridge walking among sparse trees and boulders. I enter the Huston Park Wilderness, where the trail tread ends and posts and cairns begin. It’s a well-marked trail, but retains the feel of a…