Heart Lake Trail number 171 is reported to be an easy but long hike to the largest lake on the district located in an area proposed as a part of the Great Burn Wilderness. Heart Lake is in the Lolo National Forest and the largest alpine lake in the western Montana portion of the Bitterroot [...]
start: 7/17/2010 length: 4.5 miles (one way [in]) time: 4:46 mins (one way [in]) difficulty: strenuous avg speed: .9 mph elevation gain: from 5669ft to a max of 7426ft down to 6541ft comments: stats including packing approximately 50lbs View Sweeny Ridge to Peterson Lake, Florence MT in a larger map
start: 7/2/2010 length: 1,1 miles (one way [out]) time: 34 mins (one way [out]) difficulty: easy avg speed: 2.0 mph elevation gain: from 5042ft to 5524ft gaining 482ft comments: easy hike, good views of Blodgett Canyon View Blodgett Overlook Hamilton MT in a larger map
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
start: 7/11/2008 length: 5.3 miles (round trip) time: 3:09 (round trip) difficulty: easy avg speed: 2.0 mph elevation gain: from 3805ft to 5240ft gaining 1435ft comments: easy hike, drank from stream. photos; flickr google maps (with photos) google earth (.kmz file with photos) gps (.gpx file)
start: 7/13/2008 at 1208am(?) length: 3.7 miles (from trail head to fire lookout) time: 3:34:24 (up) 1:10:38 (at the top) 1:43:33 (back) difficulty: moderate / moderately difficult avg speed: 1.o mph (up) 2.0 mph (down) elevation gain: from 6783ft to 9368ft gaining 3585ft directions: south of Stevensville to (either west on St Mary’s Rd or [...]
Our visit to Glacier National Park took us 16 miles in the West Glacier entrance to Avalanche Campground. With 50 camp sites the campground is definitely on the edge of the wild. While there were no signs of bears the deer had no problem with the campers. After camping at Avalanche Campground, we took a [...]
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Just north of Victor on the east side of highway 93 you will find signs for Glen Lake. It is a nice drive up to 6800 feet (from 3400) with views overlooking Victor and Stevensville, if it weren’t so smoky we would have had views of the Sapphire Mountains as well. On the way up [...]