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Date: From 9/18 to 9/21 Permit Obtained for Many Glaciers and camping permit at POI and GLF

Map: https://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/upload/Backcountry-Map-Web-2018.pdf

![[Backcountry-Map-Web-2018.pdf]]

Plan

  • Day 1
    • Start from AFE trailhead
    • Instead of doing 6.4 miles to POI, try to make it all the way to ELF/ELH/HEL for a walk-on spot which is roughly 17 to 20 miles
  • Day 2
    • 10 miles to GLF for camping
    • Day trip out further
  • Day 3
    • Exit out from IPE and walk through the Ptarmigan Tunnel which is roughly 15 miles

Actual

  • Day 1
    • Start from IPE trailhead and got a camp site at ELH through the Ptarmigan Tunnel
    • Roughly a 17 mile hike plus a detour to Iceberg Lake
  • Day 2
    • Wet night with tons of rain, soaked through the MSR 2 person tent
    • Hiked from ELH to GLF and took a detour to the Belly River Ranger station
    • Short recovery hike of about 8-9 miles
  • Day 3
    • Started out early in the morning at 645AM and hiked to ELF by 10AM
    • Then Hiked up to Red Gap Pass by 12PM
    • Then out to AFE at 430pm
    • A huge day of around 22 miles and tons of elevation
      • wrecked my ankles and feet