Tag: Glacier

Day 9 CCL, body

wild mushroom closeup
Hey look, we spotted a cool mushroom.
water-carved rock mountain creek
In September, Avalanche Creek (here), and all Glacier’s water features are a small fraction of peak snowmelt flow in June and July.
18-second video: Didn’t notice any mushrooms hiking up. Noticed them everywhere hiking down.

What do you dream of?

Why?

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Day 8 CCL, body

two people at a small table
In our cabin on the adjoining cabin circle.
apple watch at trailhead
The day after Chapin flew home, a local employee and I submitted Oberlin. This is the ‘unmarked’ trailhead.
foggy mountain
The fog, at it’s lightest (here) gives glimpses a couple hundred feet away.
low clouds on mountain
Once on the saddle, above the western-side clouds, we can see ‘above the clouds. The eastern side is completed fogged in.
14-second video: One of the most unique Mt Oberlin summits ever. To the right, the eastern side. To the left, western.

It’s not the restricted view, it’s the knowledge that the clouds will clear.

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Day 7 CCL, body

Mountain lake
Bowman Lake. It’s a long haul on a dirt road to get here. One year the road was a disaster. This trip is encouraging.
Map
Polebridge is on left edge. Roughly 25 miles (mostly unsaved) to get to Polebridge. Then another 6-7 miles on another, less-maintained, rugged unpaved road.
18-second video: Bowman Lake. Dirt road access ‘reconnaissance’.

Rest days are amazing if you can joyfully lean into the discomfort of sitting a lot.

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Day 6 CCL, body

mountains
We arrive before sunrise to secure a parking spot. Then we wait for the sunrise to begin its habit of warming the day.
mountains
99.99% of the guests hiking Hidden Lake Trail never see it from this angle. This is not a judgement, it is a fact. The ones who see it from here are the ones with a deeper relationship with Glacier.

Playing it safe and having fun often compete.

There’s a time and place for everything.

Behaving like an adult and behaving like a child are often at odds.

The challenge — the opportunity — is dancing with both.

Aging reminds me how much fun being childlike (self-centered, creative, and spontaneous) is.

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Day 5 CCL, body

i never tire seeing this view. If you asked me to guess how many mornings i’ve been on this trail, i’d say, conservatively, “20”.

Happy present moment’s epitome is embracing everything in your eyesight without thinking beyond that present moment.

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