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Hidden Lake Overlook (Glacier National Park, MT)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Glacier National Park, Moderate Hikes, Montana1 Comment

Hidden Lake Overlook, Glacier National Park, August 2025 Fast-forwarding a couple of days in early August, we zipped across southeast Washington and northern Idaho to reach Montana’s Glacier National Park. For such a hard-to-reach destination, this place is teeming with visitors in summer, with trail crowds the likes of which I had never seen. Good …

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Ute Trail – Alpine Visitor Center to Milner Pass (Rocky Mountain National Park, CO)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Colorado, Moderate Hikes, Rocky Mountain National Park5 Comments

Ute Trail near Forest Canyon Pass, July 2013 2-3 hour day hikes are sparse along Trail Ridge Road, which flirts with 11-12,000 feet, in Rocky Mountain National Park. But if you have the comforts of a “chauffeur” of sorts who can drop you off at Alpine Visitor Center and pick you up down the road …

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