Glacier National Park: Five Pass-Red Eagle Loop

FPR01

Distance: 10.28 mi	Points: 981	Calories: none
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FPR02

Distance: 13.81 mi	Points: 1348	Calories: none
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FPR03

Distance: 9.73 mi	Points: 1471	Calories: none
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FPR04

Distance: 11.64 mi	Points: 1063	Calories: none
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FPR05

Distance: 9.88 mi	Points: 1379	Calories: none
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FPR001

Location: 48.492168, -113.365799
Cross bridge and turn R onto Oldman Lake Trail (Pitamakan Pass Trail)

FPR002

Location: 48.511829, -113.376999
Cross small bridge over Dry Fork Creek

FPR003

Location: 48.514332, -113.377998
Turn L @ T with trail sign, climbing toward Old Man Lake. After 5.8 miles, keep hiking straight, past a recovering burn zone, to the pass (a 2,100-foot gain with few switchbacks from this junction).

FPR004

Location: 48.517220, -113.462502
Pitamakan Pass; swing N, switchbacking down to the turquoise Pitamakan Lake

FPR005

Location: 48.540779, -113.457703
Beautiful campsite near Morning Star Lake. Continue N roughly along the Fork Cut Bank Creek.

FPR006

Location: 48.575569, -113.448196
Turn L onto Triple Divide Trail

FPR007

Location: 48.575722, -113.453499
Possible camp @ Atlantic Falls

FPR008

Location: 48.573978, -113.461800
Keep R @ Medicine Lake Trail junction

FPR009

Location: 48.575581, -113.481003
Continue W, slanting toward the NE side of Triple Divide Peak

FPR010

Location: 48.574249, -113.513702
Triple Divide Pass; drop N to Hudson Bay Creek

FPR011

Location: 48.608021, -113.526299
Continue N

FPR012

Location: 48.635681, -113.530602
Turn R @ Red Eagle Creek and hike to its namesake lake with campsites

FPR013

Location: 48.639080, -113.521599
Swing bridge

FPR014

Location: 48.645451, -113.509804
Campsites near Red Eagle Lake framed by stellar SW views of the Continental Divide; return to Waypoint 12 and head N up feeder stream (this begins the stout cross-country traverse of Red Eagle Pass)

FPR015

Location: 48.636978, -113.534698
Head W

FPR016

Location: 48.634998, -113.537804
Safe stream crossing

FPR017

Location: 48.631729, -113.537399
Marker Waypoint

FPR018

Location: 48.627750, -113.546303
Bear SSW

FPR019

Location: 48.625149, -113.548103
Cairn marks route

FPR020

Location: 48.620571, -113.552399
Good stream crossing

FPR021

Location: 48.614769, -113.559898
Trace the S-side of Red Eagle Creek

FPR022

Location: 48.609718, -113.568604
Look for logs to cross creeks

FPR023

Location: 48.606899, -113.573799
More logs

FPR024

Location: 48.603130, -113.584602
Vast beaver ponds; climb NW

FPR025

Location: 48.605228, -113.590897
Cut W across slope

FPR026

Location: 48.603630, -113.598396
Super steep game trails; go slow and avoid when wet

FPR027

Location: 48.604061, -113.600899
Pick up faint trail again, bearing W

FPR028

Location: 48.601181, -113.604500
This vast alpine plateau yeilds fine camping.

FPR029

Location: 48.592480, -113.606499
Stay S

FPR030

Location: 48.583820, -113.604698
Good camp spot

FPR031

Location: 48.582581, -113.602303
The best route up the pass is on E side of creek; 200-foot climb

FPR032

Location: 48.577618, -113.594788
Red Eagle Pass: The old pre-World War II route goes E then down drainage (now overgrown!). The best route now is a goat trail to the S.

FPR033

Location: 48.575680, -113.594902
Navigate goat path down thru cliff bands

FPR034

Location: 48.570549, -113.591698
Best to stay S of the runoff

FPR035

Location: 48.567619, -113.594002
Go L around falls thru blowdown then find game trail to lower bench

FPR036

Location: 48.562279, -113.603996
The real work begins on this steep slope covered with slide alder and deadfall all the way to Nyack Trail. Move carefully and expect 3 hours for the next .9 mile. Tip: Wear your sunglasses for eye protection, and pack plenty of water.

FPR037

Location: 48.556000, -113.606400
Continue S; more blowdown ahead

FPR038

Location: 48.550171, -113.605598
Nyack Trail. Turn L. Your reward is excellent hiking along turquoise Nyack Creek.

FPR039

Location: 48.549999, -113.586403
Campsites near the Nyack Creek

FPR040

Location: 48.549278, -113.573303
Ford creek

FPR041

Location: 48.546928, -113.565804
National Park Service cabin

FPR042

Location: 48.547520, -113.563599
Cross Pacific Creek

FPR043

Location: 48.538898, -113.537300
Veer L, staying N and above a nameless fork of the Nyack

FPR044

Location: 48.538490, -113.483299
Climb to pass; this N-facing slope is often covered in snow even in mid-summer. Editor's Note: The tracklog from here to the shoulder of Cut Bank Pass might not follow official route exactly (it was snow-covered during trail scout).

FPR045

Location: 48.524601, -113.480698
Cut Bank Saddle

FPR046

Location: 48.520420, -113.472298
Cut Bank Pass; backpack S along Continental Divide then wrap W around Mount Morgan (8,781 ft.)

FPR047

Location: 48.513699, -113.479797
W shoulder of Mount Morgan

FPR048

Location: 48.500771, -113.472504
Great vistas from high trail between Cut Bank and Dawson Passes

FPR049

Location: 48.487228, -113.472000
Dawson Pass; descend E into Bighorn Basin

FPR050

Location: 48.479851, -113.448997
No Name Lake campsite

FPR051

Location: 48.481121, -113.445702
Turn R, heading E

FPR052

Location: 48.477661, -113.419899
Keep L; staying on Dawson Pass Trail on the N-side of Two Medicine Lake. It's 3.1 miles back to trailhead.