Mount Siyeh

July 27, 2024. Scrambling to the summit of a “10,000-er” along Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road. The last outing of my late July trip to Glacier was to bag the peak of Mount Siyeh. This mountain sits alongside the Siyeh Bend section of Going-to-the-Sun Road. It is apparently the easiest 10,000-er to climb in the […]

Highline Trail & Grinnell Glacier Overlook

July 26, 2024. A full-day hike on a popular trail high above Going-to-the-Sun Road with a short, sharp climb to a spectacular viewpoint above Grinnell Glacier. For the second day of our late-July trip to Glacier National Park, the group decided to head for Logan Pass and hike the Highline Trail. Something I didn’t realize […]

Ptarmigan Tunnel & Iceberg Lake

July 25, 2024. A long day hike tagging two picturesque objectives in Glacier National Park. I joined up with a group from Calgary for a mid-summer excursion to Glacier National Park in Montana. My only prior hike in the park was scrambling up Ninastako (Chief Mountain) last year, so I was in the pleasant situation […]

Ninastako (Chief Mountain)

June 17, 2023. An ascent of the most iconic peak in Blackfoot Territory. The flat mountaintop could be seen from many locations, and it became one of the main landmarks Jerry Potts used to confirm his bearings as he travelled the prairie. He, like many Blood warriors, had climbed the slopes and rested his head […]