Date: August 17, 2019Leader: Forest DeanParticipant: Bryan Kercher and Fintan Maguire The three of us started out from Logan Pass at 7:00am. We hiked up the climbers trail to the saddle between Oberlin and Clements in good time, then scrambled up to the base of the cliffs on the NE side of Clements. Here we …
Date: 9/7/19 Trip Leader: Laurel Vielle Attendees: Erin Carey, Adam Drobish, and Bryan Kercher On a very wet and foggy Saturday morning three climbers and myself, from both The Rocky Mountaineers and Glacier Mountaineering Society, made our way up the steep East St. Marys Peak trail. The higher we got, it seemed the fog/clouds would …
Trip Leader: Paul JensenDate: August 18, 2019Attendees: Jen & John Bardsley, Minot Maiser, and Nick PritchardPhotos by Nick Pritchard and John Bardsley Since I wasn’t leading this climb, I hadn’t done any research on it, and so was surprised when we faced sustained class 3 with a class 4 crux. Also, none of us had …
Date: August 17, 2019 Trip leader: Eric Jones Participants: Minot Maser, Andrew Coe, Eric Jones, Elizabeth Moore, Jennica, and five kids. Goat Mountain was the objective for the Glacier Classic’s Kid Trip. The kid members consisted of one 16 year old (barely a kid), three 11 year olds and one 4 year old. The plan …
Date: August 16, 2019Trip Leader: John BardsleyAttendees: Jennifer Bardsley, Jennifer Franklin, Kris Cahoon, Henry Cahoon, Jim Goss, Josh ?? Our climb of the Southwestern Talus Slope Route (STSR) on Mount Reynolds was a great start to the 2019 Glacier Classic. My original plan was to do the Grand Tour, which follows the prominent diagonal ledge …
Date: July 20, 2029 Trip leader Susanna Girolamo Phillips Participants: Jacob Fromm and Kristopher Cahoon I have done this great traverse three years ago. The plan was to start at East Foothill Trailhead, hike up to Rumble Creek Lake, scramble up the gully north of Holland Peak, traverse the north ridge and end off Cooney Mountain down to Smith Creek Pass trailand hike …
Date: August 17, 2019Trip Leader: John BardsleyAttendees: Jen Bardsley, Paul Jensen, Dexter Hale, Arthur Endsley Photos by Dexter Hale (except the two that include him) After a night of heavy rain and high country snow, we opted to leave camp in Many Glacier after 8am, hoping that there would be some melting on the summit …
Trip leader: Fintan Maguire Participants: Nick Prichard, Henry Cahoon, Chris Cahoon Stats: 2907 ft elevation gain, 6 miles round trip, Class 2/3 On Saturday of the Glacier classic myself, Nick Prichard, Henry and his father Chris Cahoon climbed the West face route of Mt. Gould. It had snowed above 7500 ft the previous night so …
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Trip leader: Fintan Maguire Participants: Brent Maier, Adam Drobish Stats: 6000 ft elevation gain (we likely did 7000 ft.), Class 2/3 We drove to the Twin Lakes area on the Flathead Reservation side of the Mission Mountains and we began the climb around 7 am. The first few hours of the trail are on a …
Date: August 17, 2019 Trip leaders: Joshua and Susanna G Phillips Participants: Alden Wright, Edna Blanchfield, Jim Goss, Marina Sonora, David Patterson, Jennifer Franklin Our plan was to start at Swiftcurrent Camp area, hike to and scramble up Redrock Falls, pass Shangri La’s Lake, descent to Iceberg Lake and take the main trail back out. …
