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Two years ago (2003), we planned a backpack trip thru the Lake Plateau
area of the Beartooth Wilderness area. Unfortunately, there were many
wildfires in Montana at that time, several of them near our proposed route.
In fact some of the trails we were going to use were closed. So, we instead
did the East Rosebud Trail. This year we decided to go back to Montana
and do the Lake Plateau backpack that we had planned before. This time
there were no wildfires and so we were able to complete our trip.
In addition to the backpack we stayed at two fire lookout towers, one
near Trout Creek and and the other near Yaak. We also did a quick two
day run thru Glacier National Park, hiking to Hidden Lake and also to
Grinnell Glacier.
The trip report is broken up into four chapters. You can read them in
chronological order or just skip about reading the sections that interest
you.
Chapter 1
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- Sat, Drive from Bozeman to Box Canyon Trailhead, Hike to Lake
Kathleen
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- Sun, Backpack to Lake Pentad
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- Mon, Backpack to Lake Pinchot
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- Tues, Dayhike to Lake Surrender
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Chapter 2
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- Weds, Backpack to Diamond Lake
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- Thurs, Dayhike to Mirror Lake
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- Fri, Backpack out to Upside-Down Trailhead, Drive to Deer Lodge
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Chapter 3
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- Sat, Drive to Gem Peak Lookout
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- Sun, Dayhike to Eighty Peak and Idaho Point
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Chapter 4
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- Mon, Drive to Garver Mt. Lookout
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- Tues, Dayhike to old lookout ruins
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Chapter 5
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- Weds, Drive to West Glacier
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- Thurs, Drive thru Glacier Nat. Park to Babb, Hike to Hidden Lake
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- Fri, Dayhike to Grinnell Glacier
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- Sat, Drive back to Bozeman.
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