Glacier National Park Backpacking - North Fork / Goat Haunt - July 2014
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- A video of my son Christian and I backpacking in the spectacular far northern North Fork / Goat Haunt region of Glacier National Park. We did a 50 mile, 5-day out-and-back trip starting at Bowman Lake, over Brown Pass, Lake Francis, Goat Haunt, Kootenai Lake, and then returned over the same route.
Like my 2013 video showing our trip on the 'Great Northern Loop' this is a long, hour+ video with a slideshow with pictures of the trip over the last 10 minutes. For those interested in all aspects of Glacier backpacking, including the Backcountry Permit Office experience, the video will probably be of more interest. If you just want a shorter taste of Glacier and our trip I think you'll enjoy the many HDR pictures at the end.
This is a repost of my original video from August 2014. To make a long story short, I battled copyright issues from the start with my original video due to my use of 3 John Denver songs for the slideshow. UA-cam restored my video multiple times, and I think I had 'won' the battle, but in the end I came to the conclusion that the John Denver copyright owners had the right to choose whether I used John's music or not, so I re-edited the video to include only Creative Commons, royalty-free music.
I wish i could of had a dad like you
I clicked on this video with no intention on watching the whole thing, but I did and enjoyed every second of it. Well done!
That laugh is just great!!! hahaha
Wonderful. Great dad. Reminds me of backpacking with my son several times at Mt. Rainier. He died after a battle with cancer. Cherish these times with your son. You never know what can happen.
I'm glad you were able to get this reposted. It just showed up in my feed like Google knows what I've been searching on. I've been looking at going up to Glacier when I visit my dad and appreciated the video.
Holy crap I think this is gonna be our next big trip. Absolutely beautiful!
I wanna thank you for posting the videos of both of your trips. I was looking to find a good route to go in late June, with less snow and found this video and I decided to give it a shot. I just got back from doing the same route over 6 days, 6/23 to 6/28. It was beautiful! I can't thank you enough for your wonderfully detailed videos and gorgeous pictures that helped inspire me to give it a go myself. Keep em coming!
Andrew Kay You're very welcome and I'm glad you were able to do the same trip so early in the season. I'm envious! I did hear it was a 'low snow' year in the Glacier area, so it sounds like that might have worked to your advantage this year. My only regret from our trip is that we weren't able to get into the Hole-in-Wall/Boulder Pass area due to deep snow and dangerous trails in that area, but then it gives us one more reason to go back. I'm currently in final preparations for a quick weekend+ trip to the Four Pass Trail near Aspen, CO this upcoming weekend - video coming soon after. Congratulations on your Glacier trip!
This is great! You're so lucky to have your son do this with you - he's equally as lucky to have such a great adventurous dad! You have very nice gear and I'm really impressed with you videos - good stuff - keep up the good work! See you on the next adventure!
Very special corner of the world. Thanks for sharing. Viewed from Brisbane, Australia
No one can take these treasured memories away. Thanks for sharing the beautiful video!
Thank you both for taking me on that hike with you that was beatiful and breathtaking
I love your videos. I really enjoy the pictures at the end too..your dogs are amazing ..
So I was in Best Buy today test driving a new smart TV. It had UA-cam so I fired it up and pulled up this video. Made an awesome video look even better!
Really enjoy your videos and love seeing father and son enjoying the outdoors together!! Thanks for sharing!
If you can narrate while you climb, you are in better shape than you think and most of us too. Glacier is beautiful, thanks for the awesome tour David.
Thank you. Loved your video, I’m heading up there in a few months. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Simply amazing scenery. Beautiful nature.
Thanks for sharing.
Paul
well worth watching all the way to the end. Landscape photography of our natural treasure! Thanks for sharing!
an hour long video takes some great content to watch in its entirety. you hit the mark perfectly. a real guy and son making it happen and we get to see the moments with your videos. thanks for s
taking the time to make and post for us.
What an absolutely gorgeous trip! Thank you so much for sharing with all of us!
Can't wait to get back out to GNP one of my favorite places hands down......... great job
You're a great dad. Hope to make memories like this with my kids one day. Great stuff man.
What a trip.......GREAT DAD!
Very nice video! Thanks for taking the time to put it together. You're right, the store in Polebridge has amazing smells and fantastic tasting food. Glacier National Park is my favorite area in the USA.
Awesome sceneries with perfect choice of music. My eyes were glued from start to finish, really worth watching. Thank you for the video and God Bless to both of you.
Beautiful! Glacier is such a special place!
Thanks for the memories. I traveled a very similar route with Glacier Guides in August. Took the boat down to Goat Haunt, crossed the same river on the Boulder trail and camped next to the river the first night and then on to Lake Francis/Hawksville campsite the second night and then to Bowman HD campsite on the third night and exited the next day at the end of Bowman Lake. On the way back to West Glacier we stopped at the Polebridge Mercantile store.
A very spectacular hike only we did not have a skeeter problem. Started out on August 8th. Thanks again for the video.
Great video! Watched the whole trip. Thank you for sharing!
That was absolutely stunning. It was enjoyable to watch and appreciate everything that you showed here. The photos at the end are magnificent.
Keep coming back to these earlier Montana trips. Hoping we’ll be getting a 2022 itinerary video sometime soon!
This is the video that started it all for me. David, I have watched this video nearly 10 times over the last 6 years. This video was the reason I created my channel. Thank you so much for the great content, and safe trails this year!
You're very welcome, and I've probably watched that video myself about 20 times (typically in the winter when I need a little Glacier emotional 'lift'). That was a great trip, and the cool thing was I got to re-live some of that hike when I got back to Glacier in 2018. I'm hoping for another Glacier permit in 2021, and maybe I'll be getting back to the North Fork/Goat Haunt area again soon.
@@davidgrayin My buddies and I were fortunate enough to do a 5 night North Circle route trip in 2019. I was able to snag a few nights on the Teton Crest Trail this Summer, which should be a fantastic trip. I'm very much looking forward to filming that area. I hope you have some great trips planned, and I look forward to the videos!
I really appreciate your sharing this with everyone. It gave me the feeling of having been there!
My next trip to Glacier I hope to backpack the north-eastern portion of the park. Thanks for this video. Following this trip on UA-cam somewhat satisfied my craving for Glacier. Only 3 days since leaving and I miss it dearly.
Glacier national Park is my ultimate backpacking goal great video
i can't believe i missed this old video...your trips and videos are awesome. So great you were able to do this with your son and instill in him your love of nature and the outdoors. I only wish i could have done a trip like this with my son. Thanks for all you share with us. If you are ever in North GA...I would love to be your host and we could hit some nice trails and waterfalls. Be well.
I really enjoyed this video Montana is just the right place for me to live in peace.
So very beautiful, thank you dear ones!
Terrific video. I used to backpack in such places as the Weminuche Wilderness in Colorado and the Rainbow Bridge area in Utah, but am now disabled. I found this video after reading Death in Glacier National Park, and got curious about the locations. Thanks for taking me out there again.
loved that couple of seconds of Santana...... you had the sunset song for sure
Absolutely great ,much better than pro documentaries , I actually feel that I was there,, thanks so much
Glaciers is amazing was there for 7 days on July 2018.. beautiful place I love it 😍
I couldn't tell if you were just that giddy, or that is a nervous laugh at the end of every other sentence, but I would have felt both too. Beautiful scenery! There were times I didn't see a trail. That would have made me very nervous. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! I spent the summer of 2010 living and working in Glacier. It is without a doubt my favorite place out west!
AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing your adventure. Really enjoyed the video!
Hello David, another awesome video production my friend. I hope that Christian enjoyed the glorious hike. Please take good care of yourself. See you in the next video.
Great video, David! GNP is, I think my favorite place on Earth (so far) You did it justice using a good camera. Well done! I am hoping to do this very same hike, and appreciate all the information you provided.
As a long-time John Denver fan, I betcha he'd been proud to accompany you & Christian;-)
Looks like you all had a awesome trip. Always enjoy your videos.
Looks like you had a great trip - Loved it! Green with envy at the lovely scenery! The rain actually made it all even better cause there ain't anything better than experiencing all aspect of a great comping trip! Thanks for sharing !
Absolutely the BEST I have ever watched. I plan to move to Kalispell the summer of 2016 and I will be making my own adventures in Glacier too. Well done!
This whole thing is just great. Thumbs up guy
Awesome Trip. Nice video and the pictures of the trip were great. Thanks for sharing.
David Gray you've now have made a impact I'm my live and now I'm going to take me and my Boys on an adventure something you can never replace is that bond and that adventure Thanks
All I can say is 'go for it'. They grow up way too fast, and before you know it you're on the 'outside' looking in, in terms of your kid's lives. My advice would be take advantage of every moment you can that they want to be with you, and in my opinion the moments in the woods are more impactful than most. If there is anything I can do to help in terms of information or advice just let me know.
Thanks for including so many awesome pics at the end of the video!
This honestly never gets old, fantastic!
Just started watching and inspiring to see the places you backpack. Thanks for sharing
Fantastic adventure
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Very nice
Awesome video. Thank you for taking the time and work you put into this production. Christian is a lucky young man who has a father spending this kind of time with his son. Your still shots at the end are fantastic. Thanks again for sharing, Brian
Beautiful X1000000!!!!!!! Thank you so much! Tom
beautiful. very detailed. I am hoping to do similar this summer. did not see the bugs coming though. will gave to get the deet for sure. very well done.
Your photos are just beautiful! 😎
David, I just found your videos while trying to prepare for my first real backpacking trip. I also live in Indiana and I'm going for a practice round in Brown County for a weekend before driving to Yellowstone to do a trip with my boyfriend. I just wanted to say thank you so much for these inspiring (and pretty informational) videos. You are awesome.
Incredible photography! Rocky Mountain music rocks..great stuff, David!
Was in Polebridge in the early 1990's. The place really looks a lot busier than that time. Of course there was wildfires at the time! Climbed Grinnell Glacier with my dad. What a great time.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I appreciated it very much! Greetings from Germany
Enjoying your videos and trips!
Noticed that Christian usually leads the way - Unless you have a bear behind you! haha great video
Ha, you caught me! I never really noticed that but you are correct - funny. Actually, Christian moves so much faster than me that even with a bear behind us I would have been pulling up the rear in no time if the bear had decided to express some interest in us.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm only nine minutes into it and I've already learned a lot. Seriously, I've never done any serious backpacking. This is very informative and the scenes are beautiful. I'd like to visit Glacier in the next year or so and I'm trying to learn as much as possible. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
Great video and pictures. Sure enjoyed the show. Well done!!
absolutly love watching your video's
awesome great job showing off the area, exact same trip i did up there except stayed at lk janet coming in & spectacular francis on way out! Like many bckpacks attempted up there I ended up with a different amazing trip than planned as upper kintla to brown pass was closed due to a carcass three grizzlys were consuming. Guess that will be for next time! Actually ran into the three brothers who I believe were the last through before it closed at head of bowman on their last day; Having a pretty scary recall of hearing growling from far off, not knowing what or where it came from before looking over a ravine & seeing the sight! Not looking up from their meal, hair raised & warnings issued
Nice video, David. I really enjoyed your HDR images at the end, as well. Glacier National Park has always been one of the places that I hope to backpack some day. Thanks for sharing your trip.
Another fantastic video adventure. Nice to see a son and father enjoying life together. Bravo and I am so grateful to have found your channel and now I am a subscriber. Happy Trails!
Hi David, Beautiful place. You are doing great Movies... I am really impressed with you videosI, love it
stunning, some great shots there, thanks, i could almost smell the mountain air :)
We missed you by 1 week, stayed at same site at Kootenai on 7/30/14. Was also very rainy and buggy for us. You took some fantastic photos. Thanks for sharing.
Damn what a great trip that must have been. Can’t wait to bring my boys here some day. Thanks for this video
Awesome trip! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome Video! I really enjoyed the hike you shared. I will be going to Glacier National Park mid-August. So, I found this very useful! I think it is really cool that you and your son hike together! I hope to do that with my kid someday.
Great videos!
Wow, really enjoyed your video. Heading to Glacier soon and although I'm not a back country person it was really nice to see your footage and photographs!
Excellent adventure! Somehow, I have a craving Dunkin Donuts coffee.
great video... loved all the pictures at the end...
Thx for the vid its awesome and me and my son enjoyed it and nice pics! Keep doing more vids!
Awesome!
I have backpacked in Glacier once with my brother. Although the trails seem endless, once you start to enjoy the scenery mid hike, the trails don't seem endless anymore and instead, short. We were only here for 3 nights and 4 days and felt a little bit regret upon leaving.
Boy, your comments are spot on! That is exactly the feeling I got when hiking in Glacier. Overwhelming vastness and feeling 'small' at the start followed up with a feeling that you can never get enough of it, ending with sadness that it ever has to end. Nice! Thank you.
Good job man,very good job
Thank you
Love the national parks
Love this video! Hope to do an overnight trip with my daughter in 2017! We live only 2 hours from West Glacier. I have done some tent and camper camping and day hikes so far. It is truly a magnificent place. Thanks for sharing!
So far I've done a lot of trips through Appalachia as I'm from the mid-west, but this country looks beautiful, I'd love to get out there
I enjoyed every minute of your backpacking adventure! #inspiring :)
39:43 to 45:14 was my favorite and the hail, good video ! i learned a lot
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Beautiful!
Wow made my day watching this video! Thanks for amazing content. I plan on doing almost the exact trip next spring thanks to your inspiring video.
Thanks for making me go backpacking! :)
Great video! I haven't done backpacking yet but some of the tips you shared would be really useful when I set out to do so! Enjoy your future adventures!!!
Viewed Anderson, In. 10/01/2018.......AWESOME SCENERY..........Thanks!
this is a great video david and i sure enjoy watching them i watched last years video and i am looking forward to your next good luck to you
young man you have a great father
This is a great video and it was an awesome presentation by you David. Thank you. I hope I will go to GNP soon :)
I really enjoyed your video! thank you. :)