Backpacking Glacier National Park - 90 Miles on The Continental Divide

[@stevenm6200]

Incredible place. Beautiful videography! Watching this renew my passion for the outdoors and hiking! Hopefully one day I will be on that trail as well! Thanks 😊

[@tweedytreks]

Hell ya Steven! Happy to help. A lot more to come this year too! Thanks for watching. I appreciate you.

[@billw1958]

Nice work Shane!!! Surprising only 1 bear... we were there the week before a saw a dozen both gizzly and blacks lots of mom's and cubs..

[@tweedytreks]

William, thanks a ton for watching! You're telling me though. I fully expected to see at least 3-4 bears at a minimum. Especially with the time of the year and what not. Mother nature and the wind though was quite intense for severallll days and I think it impacted how much the bears were out and about rummaging around.

[@fmfjake8940]

I’m glad your video popped up on Reddit, the stories and views make my long day at work go to the back of my mind . Btw I would love to be apart of the 3000 mile journey they took but I imagine there would be a lot of money involved lol . Keep up the great content !

[@tweedytreks]

Happy to help my friend! This is just the beginning. Stick around.

[@ervinslens]

What a scenery, stunning video.

[@tweedytreks]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching my friend.

[@charlessanders]

Great video! I'm the cat you were chatting with on reddit. One thing about glacier that differentiates my other trips were the amount of wildlife we saw. Rams, goats a moose and even a grizzly with cubs when we were on the sun road. Also how awesome was having outhouses available lol.

[@tweedytreks]

Thanks for stopping by 🐈! Haha Agreed though. The wildlife opportunities are immense. We didn't see a ton, but we did see plenty. I think we would have seen a lot more too without such intense wind. Yes! Real solid outhouses in the woods. Big win. Appreciate you watching! Lot more to come this year.

[@joeglover7049]

Thanks for sharing!

[@tweedytreks]

Thanks for watching Joe! Hope you enjoyed.

[@joeglover7049]

@@tweedytreks What are some things you learned on the trip? Anything you would 100% do differently next time or on your next adventure? Interested in what you and your friends learned.

[@tweedytreks]

@@joeglover7049 Excellent question. Loaded question though since there was different takeaways for all of us of course. I think the one thing that was a consensus understanding was that this trip really brought to life HOW LONG you can go out in the woods. Not only how far can you hike each day kind of thing, but how long are you comfortable just being out in the woods each day. For me, I could have done another week or even longer if I had enough food of course. I'd have to resupply of course. I don't mind the consistent 15 mile days either. Hell, this year, I'm going to try to do a full marathon, but while backpacking. For my buddy Mason though, he learned that 3-5 days is his sweet spot. He has a small family and so he missed them greatly by the tail end of the trip. For Colin, this duration was probably just right for a 'long trip'. This trip was also unequivocally the worst wind I've ever experienced in over 40 backpacking trips, and it wasn't close. You don't think of wind as a huge danger, but it can be. Had there been rain on day 5 when the wind was the worst, we would have been in a legit hypothermia situation. You must respect mother nature and plan accordingly. We were up at 430 am that day to make sure we got up and over the pass as early as possible and to the next camp as early as possible. That same day, It rained from about 230pm - 9am the next day and pretty heavily too. We got to camp on day 5 at 230pm so we were setting everything up in heavy rain and wind. Had we left camp that morning at a normal time we would have had to traverse the pass in truly awful conditions and it could have been bad. The next day it turned to light snow too. So, it was just a healthy reminder that mother nature dictates what you can and can't do in the backcountry. Don't fight it. Plan for and with it, and then you can accomplish a lot. I'm very very seasoned at backpacking though, so I can't say there really was anything I'd absolutely do differently next time. I'd love to have better weather of course, but that's always a gamble and you can't do these kind of trips just whenever you want due to the permit system. I'm already planning another trip to go back up and through the wind/smoke effected area and around the other side so I can relive that space. A 70 mile journey. Stick around though Joe. I'll have lots of additional video this year. I appreciate your question. It really made me think about it and thanks for your support.

[@stepsforthesoul]

Glacier is special brotha. Did Grinnell and Iceberg Lake last summer. This hike is looking tempting this year. Nice video. Keep it up👍

[@tweedytreks]

Appreciate your support, I really do. This was an absolutely breathtaking trip. Best I've done yet and that's saying something. Lots more of this to come too. Just got approve to book an early permit for the wonderland land trail around Mt. Rainier as of today. I'd highly recommend this route though if you're looking to do something big. Even with some atrocious weather, the views were unexplainably good every day.

[@stepsforthesoul]

@@tweedytreks Ill have to look into that Wonderland trail. Never heard of it. Getting my permits lined up as well. Got the Tetons pinned down and working on Yellowstone and Yosemite. Love your channel. Looking forward to future adventures.

[@delilapipoly]

Wonderful Video. Amazing 👌❤

[@tweedytreks]

Well thank you. Got some new ones coming soon.

[@camping-k]

What a beautiful sight. Fantastic mountains and river forests, all beautiful. I'm going to subscribe ^^

[@tweedytreks]

Thank you my friend! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@SoloSchmitty]

Beautiful hike and nicely shot! Would love to get to Glacier. A little hesitant to solo with Grizzlies around. I did the Beartooths solo and while I did not have any encounters it creeped me out a bit!

[@tweedytreks]

Thanks again. This is one of the best treks I’ve ever done. Easily. While Grizz are a legit concern, I wouldn’t let it hold you back. It’s such a popular area and you’d only be the 300th person each day soloing (just to use an arbitrary number)..but really there’s ample solo hikers. Being in grizz country is inherently eerie though. It should be ya know. But you know all the right things to do. I don’t think Glacier has had an attack since the 80s if I remember right. Glacier is a place you must see. There isn’t anything like it. Extremely unique landscape. Plan it!

[@pauloh3591]

I'm trying to decide a dream trip to do some hardcore backpacking Glacier is in Montana I gather... I like it and it looks super remote. Also looks amazing. Thanks for what you do my friend.

[@tweedytreks]

Thanks for watching Paulo and glad you enjoy my content. This was the coolest trip I've ever done!

[@lonroyd]

What an awesome video and trip, I was supposed to be in the park that same week but I canceled due to the weather forecast.

[@tweedytreks]

Thanks Ron! You gotta get out here. Such a perfect place. I forgot about that though Ron! Even though the trip was epic, I'd say weather wise, you made the right call.

[@giovanniramos162]

what type of drone did you use? this footage is amazing

[@tweedytreks]

It's a DJI Mavic Air 2. The thing is really solid. The 2S and Mavic 3 are all out now too though. Definitely worth looking at if you're getting a drone. I appreciate you watching though. Stick around. I'm only just getting started.

[@giovanniramos162]

@@tweedytreks nice im thinking of doing something similar but with a dji mini 3 when it comes out this year

[@tweedytreks]

@@giovanniramos162 nice! Yeah, I'll be curious what the specs on that come out to be. I didn't love the mini specs before but man, all these drones now a days are ridiculous.

[@lenbackus7198]

Thanks much! What was your starting date.

[@tweedytreks]

Thanks for watching Len! We went 9/14/21-9/21/21

[@lenbackus7198]

@@tweedytreks That is exactly when I hope to go this year!

[@tweedytreks]

@@lenbackus7198 nice. We had what I would consider to be a slightly unusual (bad weather window), so hopefully it will play out better for you. The day we left it was beautiful again. You never know in the mountains that time of year though.

[@lenbackus7198]

@@tweedytreks A friend and I were there in 2021 during those dates. We had done some photo day hikes and obtained a one night BC permit...but the wind starting getting crazy with increases forcast so we did not do BC but just left the park early. That wind was crazy.

[@tweedytreks]

@@lenbackus7198 I've been in a lot of bad wind scenarios...nothing compared to those two days. Easily 100+ mph gusts up on the ridge, day 5 for us. I don't blame you one bit for leaving. Thu-hikers and all were hopping off during that duration. Heading back to Glacier a couple times this year and I CANNOT wait. Hope you have a great year Len!