*I hope people use their own wise judgement when hiking always plan ahead and be prepared. One should never go beyond their abilities.*

Over the years I've had a few goals my first was to Summit all the Peaks of Waterton. Here is My Waterton Summit List I completed that goal on September 26, 2016.

My next goal I'm still working on and that is to summit the 6 10,000 foot Summmits of Glacier National Park. I have one left Kintla.

My 2018 Goal that I accomplished was to summit 40 peaks in my 40th year and that I finished on September 26, 2018.

Not sure what will be my next goal, once Glacier's Summits are done?

I commonly use 3 Hashtags on my social media. The first one is #itookthepathlesstraveledby which is to reference this blog. The next two relate to my father and grandfather who were also hikers. #milesformarkellingson is to remember my
Dad, Mark Ellingson and #dustfromthetrailandhowitsettledonme is to remember my Grandfather Earl Ellingson

October 27, 2015

Jewel Basin in Montana July 24, 2015

We had a family vacation in the Kalispell area and since there were forest fires in Glacier Park we decided to do a little hike as a family.  We had to drive up this little gravel road for quite some time to reach the trail head, it was a short hike but a nice view of the Flathead Valley above Echo Lake.
Flowers along the way

Nice forested view looking north

Getting a little higher

Adults bringing up the rear with the kids scattered ahead of them

My little Nephew almost at the top

Our group of little cousin's with the view from the top

Flathead Lake

Looking down at where we started

Heading down

Heading down

Google Track of Hike

Stats of Hike:
Total distance: 4.22 km (2.6 mi)
Total time: 1:33:24
Moving time: 1:33:24
Average speed: 2.71 km/h (1.7 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 2.71 km/h (1.7 mi/h)
Max speed: 49.60 km/h (30.8 mi/h)
Average pace: 22:08 min/km (35:37 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 22:08 min/km (35:37 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 1:13 min/km (1:57 min/mi)
Max elevation: 1946 m (6385 ft)
Min elevation: 1726 m (5662 ft)
Elevation gain: 203 m (667 ft)
Max grade: 24 %
Min grade: -26 %

Recorded: 7/24/2015 2:44 PM
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