Dawson Pitamakan

These photos are from a hike a few of us did on one of our off weekends during my U Montana class. For those of you who know my "bear scare" story from my trip to Glacier with my brother in 2000, this is the hike that we were supposed to do before we were evacuated. It was great to finally complete the hike! With Chris, we were planning on breaking up the 18.8-mile loop into two days. We made it to Old Man Lake the first day and then were evacuated. This time, we did the whole loop in one day. It ranks up there in my top hikes...spectacular views!

Two Medicine Lake - location of the trailhead. A general note about these pictures: the mountains are typically much more snow covered. I was there late in the season, plus they had an abnormally warm summer which most likely contributed to the snow melt.

Starting the hike, only 18.8 miles to go!

When I was here in 2000, this area had a large stream flowing through it.

Making our way! We're getting higher!

Old Man Lake, our lunch stop. This is as far as we got in 2000 and was also the location of the infamous bear incident.

Lupines! My favorite wildflower. They were pretty scarce during my trip because it was late in the season. I was so exctied to see some!

A cute little squirrell...apparently they live at high elevations as well.

We made it to the top! A view of Pitamakan Lake.

Christina and Emily at the top. It was windy!

Sam and Emily ventured out to these rocks! They are brave! They finally convinced Christina and I to climb out there as well...it wasn't that scary!

Making our way down...a view of No Name Lake.

Two Medicine Lake...finally we made it back!