Winter Hiking Glacier National Park - Episode 1

Mountain Misfits Podcast

After taking a winter hiking trip to Glacier National Park, we are back home and ready to introduce ourselves to you in our first episode of the MtnMisfits Podcast! The Hike Climbing from the get-go, the trail to Fish Lake passes through an old-growth forest of red cedar, and western hemlock, which transitions to a dense spruce-fir forest as the trail ascends. Less than a mile from the trailhead, you enter the burned area from the 2017 Sprague Fire. Starting with a lightning strike on August 10 on the north side of Sprague Creek, the wildfire burned 16,982 acres over 2 months and destroyed the Sperry Chalet. After hiking a shade more than 1.5 miles, you arrive at the Mt. Brown Trail junction, head to the right for a few hundred yards until you reach the Snyder Lake Trail junction. From here you cross over Snyder Creek by a great little bridge called Crystal Ford. From here it is a straight shot to Fish Lake through a beautiful spruce-fir forest.