hey guys today we are heading to uh avalanche lake and campground in glacier national park
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you guys so i'm just packing up my puff coat and my raincoat we hiked up big mountain in
whitefish last week and did huckleberry picking and a rain squall came out of nowhere and noel
and i were freezing and cold and wet chad was prepared always in montana be sure you have
a puffcoat a raincoat maybe a beanie so got that all packed up we have our bear
spray always a good thing in montana as well and we're ready to go so let's head that way
so chad made me this stellar blueberry french press for the drive which is great however
that is going to require a pit stop or two or three and also
if you're coming to the west entrance you should stop by the huckle berry patch
on your way or after your trip after your hike because they have amazing huckleberry pie alamode
so avalanche lake is on the west side of glacier national park um it's an easy drive from the west
entrance you're just gonna drive along the shore of lake mcdonald for about six miles
and then you'll pass lake mcdonald lodge and then you'll get to avalanche campground and then
the hike is right there you actually start out on trail of the cedars and it's a nice little
boardwalk there that's an accessible hike for people in wheelchairs and it comes to
beautiful falls right there and then you head on to avalanche lake i think in total it's just shy
of six miles a round trip all right so i'm pretty excited because the jeep says it is 77 degrees in
glacier national park today and sunny and that is great fingers crossed it stays that way because
on our virginia falls hike it was nice and then it got rained out and on our huckleberry picking it
was nice and then we got rained on and last year on our cracker lake back country camping trip it
was super smoky from all of the fires so hopefully today will be a great weather day for our hike
okay so when we first moved here the girls were seven and nine
and we did this hike it was one of our first hikes and we did okay on it but i do remember
being really out of breath and tired i don't know if it was because the elevation change
or just not being in shape but it is a good family hike but maybe not if your kids are
younger than that unless they're high energy because our girls weren't very high energy so if
they're high energy you'll be fine you just need to keep an eye on them especially by those falls
oh look for mountain goats way up there
they like the ledges so a lot of times people stop at the beginning of the lake which is way over
there we always like to hike along the trail on the side of the lake we usually snag that rock
right there and get lunch eat lunch on it but today it's taken it's labor day it's the busiest
day i've ever seen it here so we have to share so if you choose to you can hike along the lake
to the far end and you can hike even up closer to the base of those falls the path along the
lake is almost filled it's really quite nice a lot of people don't hike it so you'll definitely
have it more to yourself so we ate lunch on a different rock and then those people left and
we got our rock back that's our lunch rock highly recommended it's just nice and relaxing peaceful
great views chad tried his hand at fly fishing he got a bite but he didn't get a catch yet
unfortunately dropped her phone into the water off the rock that was an exciting moment
uh i bring hand sanitizer i really need to get the kind that doesn't smell because it shouldn't smell
but something's better than nothing
the first one you know was that big the second one was like this big and the third one was like this
all right you guys that's it for today if you need any more details on that hike
uh check the description below and i have a link there to my blog post with all the
details on the hike and also if you've been on the hike before and you think that i missed
something important go ahead and leave that in the comment below or if you have any questions
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