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…

South Fork Soda Creek to Slavonia 22 mi :: 1268 mi :: Warm, heavy afternoon rain The mosquitos are waiting for me in the morning. I get going quickly, hoping I can find places with fewer mosquitos to eat my meals today. I stop at a snowfield for water and notice there aren’t many bugs.…

Rabbit Ears Pass to South Fork Soda Creek 18 mi :: 1246 mi :: Partly cloudy Dad takes us to a good breakfast in Steamboat. Afterward I say farewell to Mom, who thinks she’ll head back East tomorrow. A few last bites of birthday cake and I throw the pack in Dad’s truck, since he…

Steamboat Springs 0 mi :: 1228 mi :: Partly cloudy, warm We decide to celebrate my birthday a day early. Mosty it involves laziness and hanging out with my family. My dad and Sarah show up around lunch. We snack at the picnic table, then lounge at the pool. I whoop my Mom in a…

Steamboat Springs 0 mi :: 1228 mi :: Partly cloudy, warm A classic rest day, it begins with pancakes sticking to the pan on the camp stove and ends with good beer, wine, and conversation around the picnic table. In the evening my Mom and I see Farenheit 9/11. I’ll probably review it separately later.…