Eight-and-a-half Hours in Yellowstone National Park What up Road Trip Warriors!? So I spent 8.5 hours today driving around Yellowstone National Park hitting all the major attractions and stopping by at some of the smaller ones as well. I drove through forests, snowy mountain roads, rain, and by numerous bison and elk! It was a…
West Glacier, Montana --> Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming It was about a seven hour drive from West Glacier Montana to Western Yellowstone, Montana. The drive took me through small mountain towns surrounded by snow-capped peaks. Perhaps my favorite town was Ennis, a town in Madison County, Montana. It had some small restaurants, quaint log homes,…
HARDEST HIKE I HAVE EVER DONE Today I hiked the Mount Brown Lookout Trail in Glacier National Park. It is ten miles round trip and one of the more difficult hikes in the park. To put the difficulty into perspective, in five miles you gain around 4,250' of elevation gain. It is steep the entire…
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Glacier National Park is unreal. I explored for hours today and I cannot get enough. I hiked the Trail of the Cedars, hiked up to Avalanche Lake, saw giant waterfalls cascading down mountains, and witnessed a bear walking in the lake. The landscape here is so beautiful and the forests are pristine.…
Jamestown, North Dakota --> West Glacier, Montana After being on the road since 8:00 AM this morning, I made it to West Glacier, Montana!! Everywhere you look is so scenic....the mountains, waterfalls, forests.....my eyes can't get enough. I already saw some mountain goats too!! Unfortunately I was driving too fast to stop to take some…
Elkhart, Indiana --> Jamestown, North Dakota What up Road Trip Warriors!? I am absolutely exhausted! I drove for FOURTEEN hours after only sleeping about five last night. All things aside....we made some great progress today! We are only about twelve hours away from Glacier National Park and I am SOOOOO HYPED UP! I can't wait…
Back Out West! What up Road Trip Warriors!? Clearly from the title of this post, you can tell that I am on a road trip heading out to Montana. More specifically, I am hitting Glacier National Park! I am very excited and in high hopes of getting gorgeous landscape photographs and seeing wildlife. I will…
Saranac 6er Number Three! My buddy and I tagged St. Regis Mountain, another Saranac 6er, the first weekend of May. It is an absolutely beautiful fire-tower hike with the trailhead being near Paul Smith's College. It is also another great hike to do while waiting for the end of mud season in the High Peaks…
Another Saranac 6er Down! What up Road Trip Warriors!? We tagged another Saranac 6er, this one being Baker Mountain! It is a short hike in the Saranac Lake Region, and like Scarface Mountain, it is a great mud season hike! Here is a bunch of information on this beautiful little trek! Summary of Baker Mountain […]
A Hike in the Saranac Lake Region What up Road Trip Warriors!? We climbed another mountain in the Adirondacks! This one was up the Saranac Lake area. It was Scarface Mountain, one of the Saranac 6ers. We decided to do this hike because it is currently mud season in the Adirondacks. This is when the…
