Grizzly bears and snow played a prominent role in our Glacier adventures this summer. Paula saw a large male grizzly when she climbed Mount Siyeh, and we had a close encounter with a mom and her two cubs on the Northern Highline trail. We also got snowed on during hikes in July, August, and September. And despite there being a number of fires in Glacier in late summer, we managed to accomplish all of our planned trips, including backpacking trips to Quartz Lake and Fifty Mountain campground and multi-night stays at both Granite Park and Sperry Chalets.
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- Pink fairy slipper
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- Western trillium
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- Sub-alpine blue violets
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- Balsamroot
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- Clouds filling Logan Creek valley
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- A sign of things to come!
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- Can you spot the bear?
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- 20X zoom makes the bear seem much closer than he really is!
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- Obligatory summit pose on Mount Siyeh
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- Wildflowers at Preston Park
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- Looking across Lake Josephine at Mount Gould and Angel Wing
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- Mount Wilbur
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- Iceberg Lake
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- Bighorn sheep
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- How nice that he posed for me!
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- Natahki Lake
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- Mom and kid mountain goat at Logan Pass – note Mom’s radio collar
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- Looking across Sue Lake to Mount Merritt
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- Looking north from the Sue Lake Overlook towards Stoney Indian Peaks and Mount Cleveland
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- Heading into the Cattle Queen Creek drainage, with Ipasha Peak and Ahern Peak coming into view
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- Can you see all three sheep?
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- Looking back at Ahern Peak from the Ahern Drift area
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- Looking towards Fifty Mountain campground from the Northern Highline trail
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- Mama grizzly bear that came up behind us on the Northern Highline trail, with her two cubs behind her
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- They all got off the trail, and the two cubs were checking us out at first
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- And then, fortunately, they decided to follow mom
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- Granite Park Chalet in the distance
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- Gunsight Pass, Lake Ellen Wilson, Beaver Chief Falls, and Lincoln Lake
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- Mountain goat standing guard at Lincoln Pass
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