The Great Romp Through North Central Glacier

My hiking accomplice Kyle surveys Stoney Indian Pass and the route up Mt Cleveland from the NW ridge of Cathedral Peak. This photo was taken at the onset of a grand tour of the high environs around the North Central area of Glacier. Starting from Goat Haunt, we climbed south along the Northern Highline to Fifty Mountain Camp, over the Cathedral ridge (climbing Cathedral Peak en route) and down the slopes of Wahcheechee Mountain to Stoney Indian Pass.

From the pass we descended to camp at Mokowanis Lake, then awoke early the next morning to summit Mt Merritt (pictured above), which at 10,004 ft is one of the six esteemed "10,ooo-footers" in Glacier. The final day we backtracked to Stoney Indian Pass, traversed scree sills beneath Stoney Indian Peaks and stood on the highest mountain in the entire park, 10,466 ft Mt Cleveland, before dropping back down to Goat Haunt.