FN Test

The winter doldrums are officially here in Northwestern Montana near Glacier National Park.

Many of the locals escape for a few days or for a week of sun to the warm(er) weather of Arizona or Mexico. Others languish inside the confines of their homes eagerly anticipating the arrival of the spring robins which indicate that winter is soon to loosen its grasp on the hills and mountains. With few options for activities that do not include dealing with temperatures below the freezing mark others venture out into Montana’s winter wonderland and discover an untapped wilderness that has unique opportunities and challenges as well as beautiful scenery clothed with sugary white snow.

After weeks of making and breaking plans montanadonk and I headed up to snowshoe to the Snyder Lakes Basin in Glacier National Park. After a quick breakfast and hastily shuffling my youngest to elementary school we headed up to Glacier National Park. In the valley there were a few blue patches of sky a rare occurrence in the usually inversion packed gray cloudy days of winter in Northwestern Montana. As usual we hope for the best with regards to weather and winter outings and today would be no different.

We were considering a pre-trip for climbing to the Mount Brown Lookout later in the season.

Red Tape and Other Important Details:

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Rank	Summit Name	Elevation in Feet	Lookout on Summit		Rank	Summit Name	Elevation in Feet	Lookout on Summit
1	McGuire Mountain	6991	Yes		43	Pleasant Valley Mountain	5690	No
2	Sutton Mountain	6872	No		44	Lion Mountain	5685	No
3	Murr Peak	6763	No
4	Blacktail Mountain	6757	Yes		46	Skillet Mountain	5650	No
5	Meadow Peak	6709	Yes		46	Ketowke Mountain	5635	No
6	Lydia Mountain	6703	No		48	Beartrap Mountain	5624	Yes
7	Little Sutton Mountain	6654	No		49	Martin Divide	5604	Yes
8	Elk Mountain	6587	Yes		50	Satire Mountain	5595	Yes
9	Elk Divide	6581	Yes		51	Mineral Mountain	5588	No
10	Calx Mountain	6550	Yes		52	Paul Mountain	5553	No
11	Pinehill	6410	Yes		53	Wolf Peak	5553	Yes
12	Mount Swaney	6349	Yes		54	Sunday Mountain	5485	Yes
13	Bold Peak	6339	Yes		55	Grubb Mountain	5455	No
14	Pinkham Mountain	6322	Yes		56	Hornet Ridge	5452	Yes
15	Bar Z Peak	6304	Yes		57	Helmer Mountain	5438	No
16	Ashley Mountain	6297	Yes		58	Boorman Peak	5432	No
17	Haskill Mountain	6290	Yes		59	Sugarloaf Mountain	5432	Yes
18	Castle Rock	6242	Yes		60	Cripple Horse Mountain	5422	No
19	Warex Peak	6242	Yes		61	Adams Mountain	5380	No
20	McGovern Mountain	6235	Yes		62	Snell Mountain	5341	No
21	Sheppard Mountain	6216	No		63	Tally Mountain	5325	No
22	Mount Conner	6211	No		64	Keith Mountain	5300	No
23	Inch Mountain	6210	No		65	Hog Heaven	5277	Yes
24	Dunsire Point	6181	No		66	McGregor Peak	5213	Yes
25	Fox Mountain	6163	No		67	Swamp Mountain	4993	Yes
26	Ingalls Mountain	6125	Yes		68	Horse Hill	4963	Yes
27	Kerr Mountain	6121	Yes		69	Riverview Mountain	4941	Yes
28	Wolf Mountain	6104	No		70	Baldy Mountain	4868	No
29	Davis Mountain	6051	Yes		71	Edna Mountain	4605	Yes
30	Huckleberry Mountain	6045	No		72	Surprise Hill	4550	Yes
31	Sanders Mountain	6019	Yes		73	Virginia Hill	4528	Yes
32	Johnson Peak	6009	Yes		74	Redemption Hill	4445	No
33	Richards Mountain	6005	Yes		75	Hubbard Mountain	4351	Yes
34	Boundary Mountain	5955	Yes		76	Pilot Knob	4272	Yes
35	Warland Peak	5950	Yes		77	Lightening Peak	4124	Yes
36	Reid Divide	5928	Yes		78	Black Butte	4064	Yes
37	Ellsworth Mountain	5917	No		79	Ant Hill	3845	Yes
38	Teepee Mountain	5850	No		80	Roberts	3790	Yes
39	Stenerson Mountain	5828	No		81	Mount Johns Angel	3670	No
40	Mount Sterling	5774	No		82	Gopher Hill	3523	Yes
41	Weigel Mountain	5765	Yes		83	Angel Point	3000	Yes
42	Dunn Peak	5762	No		84	Mountain Meadow	????	Yes
43	Sheep Mountain	5761	Yes

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