Tag: Glacier

Origin story

12-second 2020 video: Pollock Mountain and big-picture route to Bishops Cap.

The idea for Disneyland came about when my daughters were very young and Saturday was always Daddy’s day with the two daughters…I’d sit while they rode the merry-go-round…I felt that there should be something built where the parents and the children could have fun together. So that’s how Disneyland started. Well, it took many years…But it all started from a daddy with two daughters wondering where he could take them where he could have a little fun with them, too.

Walt Disney

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Glacier 360 view from Piegan

This 360-degree panorama 2020 video is a treasure to watch. Maybe a week before this summit, Steve and Stacy led me to Pollock Mountain’s summit, also 9,200′.

Brutal, driving winds made it unsafe to stand.

Stacy stayed about 100′ below the summit to prevent any chance of being blown off the top. Seriously.

Unable to get a 360-panorama from Pollock. Yet exceptionally grateful to finally summit Pollock.

Steve and i stayed atop Pollock for about five minutes. We could safely handle the wind while sitting, but the wind chill was too much to handle.

We dressed for cold, windy conditions. But the wind chill was vicious. We remained (and remain) grateful for our five minutes at the top.

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Thin place confirmed

Thin place confirmed.

Side note: Poor audio quality is trumped by Nature’s magnificence.

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The Fab 4, Logan Pass style

12-second video: The Fab 4…Oberlin, Cannon, Clements, Bearhat.

Haven’t summited three of the four mentioned and recorded here.

Why?

Because it would be wise to go with someone who’s previously done it.

Note: Scarier than finding your way to the summit is finding your way back down the mountain. This is lost on everyone who’s never summited or only summited an easy peak with a clearly visible trail. Swiftcurrent Mountain (8,200′) is an example of easy and clear.

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Mountain leadership

mountains
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, right. Mahtapi Peak, center-left. Piegan is the huge left-side mountain.

If you hike with me in Glacier, you can expect me to:

  • Be at our trailhead by 6AM (to ensure parking)
  • Plan easiest hikes early in week
  • Plan longer hikes later in week
  • Have fun
  • Be flexible
  • Stop often to gaze and wonder
  • Use sound leadership judgement
  • Carry more water than you think you’ll need
  • Plan on worst case
  • Carry a Garmin satellite GPS device for emergencies
  • Carry a basic 1st aid kit
  • Carry a headlamp (you should too)
  • Stop often to take photos/vids (you should too)
  • Carry a pocket rain poncho (you should too)
  • Carry a pocket emergency blanket (you should too)
  • Carry bear spray (you won’t need to if you’re with me, otherwise, never go on a trail without bear spray)
  • Carry a power brick (you should too)
  • Carry backup eye-glasses (you should too)
  • Carry gloves, neckerchief, beanie (for unexpected windchill)

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