The Boogie blunder explained
My apologies to the 2016 Boogie to the Bank runners. When I wrote the original story, I went to the Competitive Timing website, which had the race results, clicked on the “Boogie tothe Bank” link at the top of the page and downloaded the results.
Not sure if they had the old results posted or if I just misread the date, but we ended up publishing last year’s results. Problem was, Marshall Beatty won the 5k last year and the 5k this year, so I didn’t catch the mistake.
The correct results are published in this week’s newspaper.
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Spent a couple of days deep in Glacier’s backcountry last week. Glacier is seeing record visitation this summer — way beyond anything seen previously — but the backcountry was pretty darn quiet. I picked a camp that has only one other campsite (Mokowanis) and there was just one other fella back there. But even on the trail in, there seemed to be a lack of hikers.
The Belly River isn’t much of a day hike destination. In contrast, we hiked the Hidden Lake Overlook Trail at dawn on Sunday. It was pretty quiet going up, but after we hiked the length of the lake, coming back it was pretty much a steady stream of people. Despite the numerous signs asking folks to stay on the trail, more than a few had to get a picture next to a nearby snowfield.
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The popularity of Avalanche Lake and the Trail of the Cedars has never been more evident than this year. People are parking almost all the way to Red Rocks (about a mile away) to hike the trail. The Park Service expanded parking at Avalanche when it reconstructed the road, but it still isn’t enough. They’re parking in the ditch. I don’t have a solution, but it might behoove the Park Service to build a trail in the trees along the road so someone doesn’t get hit by a car. Avalanche Lake is always going to be popular — it’s a short hike that gets you into the mountains. In the longer term, I’d like to see a trail along the length of the road — one that connects with Packer’s Roost. That will probably never happen.
— Chris Peterson is the editor of the Hungry Horse News.