Goat Haunt to Many Glacier

Our first full day on the trail we hiked 18 miles and were immediately overwhelmed by the beauty and remoteness of Glacier National Park. Not 1 mile down the trail we were greated by a huge bull moose, but he didn't seem to have much interest in us. We came to our first pass, Stoney Indian (see picture), where we utilized our backcountry navigation skills. A majority of the trail was under the winter snow that day. We made it to our first backcountry camp (see picture) just after seeing a black bear and her cub on the trail. The next two days repeated themeselves in that we would hike from one valley, over a giant pass, and into the next valley, zig zagging our way through GNP due to trail closures. We made it to Many Glacier and camped among RVs and tourists. We got to take a well deserved shower and it felt amazing! We were also fortunate enough to befriend a group of other CDT hikers: Chance, Freefall, So Far, George, Luna, and Aaron. They instantly felt like family. From Many we also were able to get a hold of Brian's dad who saved us from our multiple gear failures. My pack