Two Medicine

CDT Montana 2016

Day 38, August 12, Friday

Start near Glacier National Park boundary at town of East Glacier, Brownies Hostel

Stop Two Medicine Campground 27-107TH

Trail miles walked: 10.7

Walking up from East Glacier, berries were at the peak of ripeness.

Instead of Blueberries for Sal, it was Huckleberries for Sagebrush.

Climbing more, trees were few, giving a sense of openess, and potential for sweeping vistas.

Lower Two Medicine Lake can be seen in the distance.

Views get really good as we climb towards a peak.


Over the peak and going down towards Two Medicine Campsite, the vistas get so good that I start to wonder why I bothered to take all those earlier photos of Montana.

Several day hikers were out today, and one ranger that checked my permit and a few park volunteers. One pair of hikers stopped to chat for several minutes about my trip and recent advances in gear.

I saw a herd of animals on the trail, near the terminus, that were hard to identify.

Sorry, thety went by too quickly for a good shot.

All the developed campsites everywhere in Glacier were full, I hear a ranger tell a camper, but a couple of sites are reserved for hikers with backcountry permits.

The campsites are near Two Medicine Lake, with Rising Wolf Mountain as background.

The camp store has some goodies, though I just got out of a town.

A light rain in the evening stops just before the ranger talk at 7:30PM, on wildlife survival strategies during winters in Glacier.

Two different people mistook me for hiker HOB (acronym for “Hiking Or Biking”),who one said is a north-bounder who recently finished in Waterton.

[finished audiobook The Heavenfield Book Two, by Ian G Hulme]




Author: Jim, Sagebrush

Jim (trail-name Sagebrush) codes audio software for Windows, Linux, Android, and embedded systems. When not working at sagebrush.com, he enjoys backpacking, which this blog is about.