Cracker Lake Glacier National Park: Family Backcountry Camping 2018

Wondering about backcountry camping (aka backpacking) in Glacier National Park? Curious about trying to backcountry camp as a family? Join our climb to Cracker Lake and find out if it's right for you!
I apologize for the crackling sound in the background during our talking. I used a new adaptor for the GoPro and will not use that again. Lesson learned :O
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[@highlands2hammocks]

What a beautiful part of the world! Thanks for sharing!

[@SailingArgo]

Great video 👍 interesting story, and a close up and personal way to present it. Really enjoyed following you guys on your hike. We had some hikes ourselves but never with beers sneaking around our tents. You’re so cool doing this. We want to see more!!! Best wishes from northern Norway 🇳🇴 c/t

[@MakeItLookEasyClimbing]

Your family is great and your girls are lucky to experience outdoor activities in this beautiful national parks. I hope many families get inspired by your videos and will spend some time in the mountains. The hiking must have been fun and the fox was so beautiful. The view from the tent and the lake: just breathtaking. I enjoyed watching and look forward to follow your next outdoor activities. And I can feel a desire for mountain activities this weekend :-)

[@RadiantRealty]

Aww, thanks Tanja. The mountains definitely have a strong pull.

[@BradenJay_]

Great video, I love Glacier

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks Braden. Just subbed to your channel. 😀

[@OneShotAdventures]

That food storing spot is so interesting, I've never heard of that before. Bears are such cool animals, but the idea of seeing one for real is pretty scary! What a beautiful place though and amazing to do this hike with your family

[@RadiantRealty]

One Shot Adventures yeah, regular camp sites have bear bins which are locked metal storage boxes but in the backcountry you do it this way. They make you watch a video before heading out all about safety and regulations.

[@pinayworldtraveler]

Good family hike? I want a horse... HAhahaha and woah bear!??? This is the first time I watch hiking and camping vlog, this is so fun to watch. Nice quality family time together. God bless you and your family more!

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks Kim. I think we all wanted a horse by the end of our hike, haha. ;p

[@TravelingGraces]

We are a traveling family too and it is just the absolute best! Glad to connect with yall and impressed with how your kids handle "roughing it" ;-)

[@RadiantRealty]

Haha, they did pretty good ;p Great to meet you guys.

[@YoungatHeartAdventures]

Wow, you guys should have 100K subs right now! That was very professionally done... photography was awesome, editing was great, and you injected just the right amount of personality and story! Great job!

[@RadiantRealty]

Aww, thanks so much guys. If you know the secret to subs please tell me ;p Have you been to Glacier National Park before?

[@YoungatHeartAdventures]

@@RadiantRealty haha I wish I knew the secret !! No we haven't been but it is definitely on the list!

[@WanderfulRevolution]

It's amazingly beautiful even in the smoke! Was that Spam you were cooking? I haven't had that in forever! haha! What a great family trip. Loved it!

[@RadiantRealty]

Yes it was spam, haha. Black pepper flavor, it was actually pretty good ;p Not something we usually eat, but great for backpacking.

[@MonicaGoesShow]

Obsessed! Really wanna go to this park!

[@RadiantRealty]

Are you going to head this way after TBEX?

[@MonicaGoesShow]

Radiant Wanderings sadly no! I have to plan for another quick trip. Soon though!

[@RadiantRealty]

@@MonicaGoesShow maybe next time you're out this way. You were so close by when you visited Canada as well ;p

[@KristynaRomain]

Really beautiful video and quite scary to hear about the grizzly 😉 btw we had the same problem with our GoPro when we used some adapter to it. Never used it again too 😁 thanks for sharing your video! C/t

[@RadiantRealty]

Ugh, live and learn. Such a bummer when the sound is bad though! Yeah, there have been 3 grizzly attacks this fall so I'm really thankful it ran off.

[@nickandhelmi]

Ouuu yes you are right the lighting is better for these types of conditions :) not too bright, aww theres a fox! 😂 o loving this new travel vlogs - i see some slow mo capture 👍✌️✌️, using the go pro janet? 😀 such a beautiful trekking course up there, but yea a bit foggy haha looks like it waa cold up there - , but ive never done coffee on a tin cup before ! feels like only have ever seen it on movies hehe great vlog 😬

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks Nick...we used the GoPro mostly and also the Lumix GH5. Still learning that one and trying to sync white balance between them all :O Any tips??? It always gets cold at night in Glacier. Bundle up! Haha, the tin cup is lightweight and compact. That whole kit fits in the one pot.

[@nickandhelmi]

generally you do the white balance in post production with your editing software - i find that the easiest and leaving the camera on white auto balance - generally i like a blueish colour - so between -2000 White balance if you want to do straight off camera, but some people also use the back of a business card to use that as a base settings of white balance. but if at night it gets blueish you can bump the temperature in post - its easier that way.

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks Nick Effendi! We are practicing using a gray card now, but may have to do post production like you said if it doesn't sync them well enough.

[@SenjaAldee]

First like and its good you bring your kids, introduce to the nature from young, here to show support full view and like and appreciate your support too

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks Senja!!! Loved your bio rock snorkeling tour in Bali. Haven't been there yet but it looks amazing

[@MatthewSmith450X]

Kudos to Chad for winning the Swiss Miss hot chocolate wager. Well done sir!

[@RadiantRealty]

Haha 😩

[@AdventuresofShaneandLaura]

What a cool hike. Great video! We will have to put this one on our list for sure. You guys have a new subscriber!👍

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks guys, just subbed back. Looks like you are local to the area? We should colab some time. :)

[@AdventuresofShaneandLaura]

We are! Thanks for subbing back. We would love to colab sometime!

[@ThePlacesWhereWeGo]

Adding this lake to our upcoming Glacier itinerary

[@RadiantRealty]

When are you visiting?

[@ThePlacesWhereWeGo]

@@RadiantRealty We will be in Glacier starting June 17 for 5 or 6 days - one full day on the west side, and them moving over to the Many Glacier hotel

[@RadiantRealty]

@@ThePlacesWhereWeGo oh that sounds lovely. Enjoy your stay!!!!

[@fan1080Travels]

Wow, the scenery is amazing. c/t

[@RadiantRealty]

Glacier National Park is filled with beautiful scenery. Plan a visit :)

[@CheerstoTravels]

hahaha love that your daughter pointed out her backpack is the same size as yours! LOL so great to see kids being so active with you. especially backcountry camping! i'll camp if theres a shower and toilet LOL the views from your tent though...wow! do you need a permit to camp at this park? im assuming so? geez a bear?!?! how scary! thankful for your camping neighbors! great video and thanks for sharing! ~sara ct

[@RadiantRealty]

Haha, yeah...her pack weighed half as much as ours b/c we put the lightweight items in it, but she didn't mention that part ;p Yes, you need to have a backcountry camping permit from the park and keep it with you at all times in case a ranger asks to see it. I included all the details and our packing list in the blog link below. I'm kind of with you on the shower and toilet part, but the views almost all to ourselves drew me in :)

[@CheerstoTravels]

@@RadiantRealty hahaha of course she would leave out the weight of the pack LOL cute. thanks for the info! will check out the blog too!

[@TripleP]

Love the panoramic shots, the funny commentaries and adventurous hike! Great stuff. - Triple P c/t

[@TheTravelsOfZ]

What a gorgeous spot to camp, can't expect a better view than this when you wake up!

[@EricExplores]

Ahh the great outdoors. Great experience with the kids. Living the life!

[@UnravellingTravelling]

Travelling with the kids looks lovely! Great video!

[@dragon88pechen97]

Nice, I was there with my family two weeks ago.

[@RadiantRealty]

Oh really, I bet you had better views than we did. Where all did you hike?

[@dragon88pechen97]

Well, we where in Kalispell and wanted to drive going to the sun road but it was closed because of the fire so we drove to the east side stayed a little at st Mary campground and decided to go up to Logan pass and hike there. It was a nice experience.

[@dragon88pechen97]

Radiant Wanderings it was hidden lake trail and we didn’t see any wild life up there but it was beautiful any way, north west montana is the most beautiful spot in the world.

[@RadiantRealty]

Yeah, that's a beautiful trail. Glad you guys got to enjoy it. :)

[@dragon88pechen97]

Radiant Wanderings 😀

[@ChrisandBrenda]

awww i hope that fox wasn't running away from fire.. the place is still beautiful despite the smokes, but was it safe to hike? wow, this place is gorgeous at 6:30!! we don't have a lot of experience in camping, that food prep area is very interesting, and smart! haha you guys are such a cute adventurous family!

[@RadiantRealty]

Yeah, the fires were far enough away from the trail to hike. The smoke just travels soooo far :o Haha, thanks guys ;p

[@BillMintjeHD-Brussels-Belgium]

Hiiii, such a great time climbing together with the family. Love when you are dancing on the way ....you all have a fun. And it was worth it, a beautiful panorama, the lake was awesome👌👍

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks so much. Yes it's definitely a beautiful hike!!! :)

[@rothessa]

Wow!!! What an adventure and I love to experience like this in the future.

[@AlexSimeon]

what a way to have an adventure and spend some family time together! seems like you all enjoyed. thanks for sharing!

[@patrikfabian7313]

Wow, even without the sun You guys had such a cool scenery with the fog and clouds! Beautiful!

[@G3Travels]

Looks like a pretty intense hike! Amazing view of the lake! Was this all filmed on the go pro? The video quality looks great! I'm still trying to figure out how to reduce the shake on our videos! Lol!

[@RadiantRealty]

Gopro and our Lumix gx7. If you are doing a lot of video recording while moving you'll probably want to invest in a gimbal of some sort. We did not use a gimbal on this trip though because they add a lot of weight.

[@BICHPHUONGVONGUYEN]

👍 👀 🙆))) 😊😊☼ .🍸 Super Vidéo 😎👍.

[@nababannandus6720]

Perfect holiday for the family. The footage is awesome. c/t

[@TheJourneyest2016]

Glacier is probably my favorite national park I have been to! Loved the footage right by the lake where you guys were using the jet boil like cooking system! Wish I was with you it looks awesome

[@RadiantRealty]

It's one of our favorites also :) Have you backcountry camped there before?

[@AdventureEverywhere]

"Why are you recording daddy in his unders? Because he records mommy in her swimsuit" - oh man, from the mouths of babes! Fun video. Your kids are real campers!

[@RadiantRealty]

Haha, true dat. We can always count on them to tell it like it is ;p

[@Popo_6961]

Hey I was think of taking trip there how many camp sites are there on cracker lake. And what are the odds of getting one?

[@RadiantRealty]

I think there were 4 or 5 sites there. Only 3 in use when we went. I booked in advance just to be sure we got one. If you know your dates I highly recommend doing that. It's a pretty popular backcountry spot. :)

[@rleahigh]

Ive seen a lot of people put a lot of faith in bear spray. Is it really that effective. I would feel safer with a 50cal along for the walk too.

[@RadiantRealty]

Hey Rick, some people carry both. The problem with a gun is that many of the bullets aren't able to penetrate through bear skin/fur easily. You just need to be sure you have the right gun/ammo. I spoke with one employee at Snappy's and he told me what I would need, so I'm sure most stores that sell ammo would know if you asked. :) And yes, when used properly bear spray has proven more effective unless you're an amazing shot. "Hitting a target the size of a baseball, especially when the target’s coming at you at 30 miles an hour and swaying side to side, isn’t easy" says Stephen Herrero, who is among those who have actually accomplished such a feat. ;p www.outsideonline.com/1899301/shoot-or-spray-best-way-stop-charging-bear

[@montanachill1502]

Good example here just this past week: krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/2018/10/14/bow-hunter-survives-grizzly-bear-attack-near-gardiner/

[@disgruntl3dv3t]

What hike do you recommend for a family that isn't used to hiking as much as we'd like?

[@RadiantRealty]

Rocky point trail, St Mary Virginia Falls, possibly Avalanche Lake and Hidden Lake overlook if the first two seem easy. 😄🏞️

[@disgruntl3dv3t]

@@RadiantRealty thank you 😊

[@JamesandLaurent]

Your girls were such troopers, unless you edited all the complaining out :). c/t

[@RadiantRealty]

They are troopers, but I may have done a little bit of editing ;p

[@PhiloSoso]

Wooow the scenery is incredible! And you filmed it so well!!! I really love how honest you are, not being afraid of saying that you are exhausted etc. :) c/t

[@RadiantRealty]

Thanks PhiloSophie! We try to be honest to help other families decide if it's right for them ;p Would have loved to say it was easy but we did struggle a bit, haha.