This past weekend we went hiking with our friends Marybeth and Bolton in Many Glacier (Northeast side of Glacier National Park).
We stayed in cabins at Swiftcurrent and did a 15 mile hike up to Ptarmigan tunnel and then a side trip to Iceberg lake on the way back. We came within 30 feet of a bear on the trial and luckily no one was eaten.
Bolt and Jim
View up the valley
Paula
Ptarmigan Lake
Switchbacks up to the Ptarmigan Tunnel (Paula & MB in foreground)
Looking back on the switchbacks.
Looking straight down, very steep.
Tunnel is at end of last switchback.
Bolt at tunnel door.
Going through the tunnel.
On the other side, beautiful Argillite rocks. (*Argillite is the term used by geologists for a rock, originally a shale, which has been recrystalized or made harder by greater pressure. In external appearance it looks like shale.
Self Portrait
MB and Paula
Close up of rock strata
Bolt and MB
On the way back down.
Looking back out the valley
Iceberg lake
Jim and Paula in Iceberg lake (yes, the water was really, really cold)
Paula (white dot in shadow is a mountain goat)
Heading back to Swiftcurrent
Almost home again.
