• First Trillium of the Year

    First Trillium of the Year

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    Jake Bramante

    I went out yesterday to look for Common Loon nests with some fine folks and came across my first trillium of the year. For me, this is one of my happy indicators of Spring which is followed by baby animals, more wildflowers, roads and trails opening up and eventually berries. I’ll blog about the Loon…

  • The Frustrations of Spring

    The Frustrations of Spring

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    Jake Bramante

    Glacier National Park is more than Going-to-the-Sun Road, but the progress of the plowing of the road is a good indicator as to how much of the Park is accessible to hiking. At the end of most Aprils, the indicator usually feels pretty depressing. Most of the roads are closed and snow still has its…

  • Using Bear Spray while Hiking

    Using Bear Spray while Hiking

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    Jake Bramante

    I’ve wanted to fire a can of bear spray for some time. I spend enough time in grizzly bear country that I should at least test it before I have a real need to. For some reason, I never got around to it until this video. I had seen some videos on bear spray and…

  • Bluebird day on Camas Road

    Bluebird day on Camas Road

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    Jake Bramante

    Got the word a little bit ago that the Camas Road was open to driving and went up with my buddy TJ Fallon*. Camas Road is a nice little paved road that shows off the Lewiston Range up the North Fork of Glacier National Park. The weather was dodgy, as it always is in Spring.…

  • Touch of Glacier – Spokane

    Touch of Glacier – Spokane

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    Jake Bramante

    For those of you living in the Spokane Valley, I’ll be doing the presentation of my adventure in 2011 to hike all the trails in Glacier. You’ll get to hear all about the ups and downs that an adventure like this brings with photos and videos and the stories that go with them. It’s part…

  • Jake ‘n Blake 2013 Western Montana Tour

    Jake ‘n Blake 2013 Western Montana Tour

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    Jake Bramante

    I just came out with my Going-to-the-Sun Road Driving Guide and my good buddy Blake Passmore of Climb Glacier National Park fame has come out with Volume 3 of his Climb Glacier National Park series. His latest book features routes to peak summits in the Northern Highline, Lake McDonald and Sperry Basin areas. I actually…

  • Easter Weekend 2013

    Easter Weekend 2013

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    Jake Bramante

    I’m getting antsy for hiking with all of the beautiful weather we’ve been having so my wife and I headed up to Glacier National Park again on Saturday of Easter weekend. While we didn’t see anything big (although we did see wolf, bear and moose tracks) we saw lots of beautiful scenery and loads of…

  • Going-to-the-Sun Road Guides are here!!

    Going-to-the-Sun Road Guides are here!!

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    Jake Bramante

    After months of dreaming the project, driving the road, designing, drawing, planning, tweaking, proofing, writing, proofing and finally writing a check… the Going-to-the-Sun Road Driving Guides are here! If you haven’t ordered yours yet, you can get it at the store and coming to retailers soon!

  • Freezeout Lake 2013

    Freezeout Lake 2013

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    Jake Bramante

    I’d heard about the March Snow Geese migration that goes past a lake southeast of Glacier National Park called Freezeout Lake (FWP calls it Freezout Lake) and knew that I wanted to go there. The peak of the season is towards the end of March and I happened to have a free weekend, so we…