TWO MEDICINE - Trail Status as of July 9, 2009 at 5:05pm
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Cut Bank Pass Trail
Pitamakan Pass to Cut Bank Pass / .4 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 8/14/09 per 650

Snow cover: 20%
SNOW HAZARD exists on pass, but may be avoided by skirting above or below drift 6/30/09 per 624 Katz

Cut Bank Valley (Morning Star)
Cut Bank Auto Campground to Triple Divide Pass Jct./ 3.9
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/01/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0
Trees down: 0 7/3/09 per 623.

Triple Divide Jct. to Morning Star Lake Cpgd./ 2.7 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/26/09 per 650 <0> Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 1 7/3/09 per 623.

Morning Star Lake to Pitamakin Pass/ 3.2 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 8/14/09 per 650

Snow cover: 50%
Trees down: unknown
MAP AND COMPASS SKILLS ADVISED: Snow in the trees from Morning Star towards Pitamakan Pass. No snow above tree line going to the pass. 7/3/09 per 623.

Dawson Pass Trail/North Shore of Two Med.Lake
Auto Campground Trailhead to South Shore Trail/ 3.3 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/19/09 per 656

Snow cover: 0%
Tree down: 0
Summer conditions and clear 7/2/09 per 524 Thornton.

South Shore Trail Jct.to No Name Lake Jct./ 1.5 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/23/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0 %
Trees down: 0
Summer conditions and clear. 7/2/09 per 524 Thornton

No Name Lake Jct. to Dawson Pass/ 1.9 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/23/09 per 650

Snow cover: 5%
Trees down: 0
Some short steep snow drifts cross the trail but have very short run-outs 6/30/09 per 624 Katz

Dawson Pass to Pitamakin Pass/ 3.3 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/23/09 per 650

Snow cover: 2%
SNOW HAZARD- One steep snow slope close to Pitamaken pass may be avoided by skirting below it. A shorter snow slope with steep 30 ft runout cannot be avoided among cliffs.

Firebrand Pass Trail
Lubec Trailhead to Firebrand Pass/ 4.8 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/31/09 per 650

Snow cover: 5%
Trees down: 0
Spring conditions for first 2 miles. SNOW HAZARD in the last 1/2 mile 6/19/09 224 McKeon

Medicine Grizzly Lake
Triple Divide Trail to Medicine Grizzly Lake/ 1.9 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/25/09 per 656

Snow Cover: 0%
Trees down: 0 7/3/09 per 623.

Mt. Henry Trail (Scenic Point)
Two Medicine Road to Scenic Point/ 3.1 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/19/09 per 656

Snow cover: 20%
Trees down: 0
Few patches of snow in trees heading up ridge, then the snow in the couloir is still present near the top before Scenic Point, but can be hiked above the snow field. 5/27/09 per 524 E.

Scenic Point to East Glacier / 6.9 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/02/09 per 650

Snow Cover: 20%
Trees down: 0
Some snow here and there from the top down to East Glacier, but the trail is obvious. 5/27/09 per 524 E.

A $10.00 Blackfeet Tribal Conservation Permit is required by each person (regardless of age) to cross reservation land at the East Glacier end of this trail. All hikers or riders cross the reservation on the trail, which reaches the park boundary.

Pitamakin Pass Trail (Old Man Lake)
Auto Campground Trailhead to Old Man Lake Jct./ 5.9 mi.
Initial Clearing Scheduled for: 7/10/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 6 6/30/09 per 624 Katz

Old Man Lake Jct. to Pitamakin Pass/ 2.0 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/9/09 per 650

Snow cover: 5%
Trees down: 1 6/30/09 per 624 Katz

Entrance Station Spur to Pitamakin Trail Jct./ 2.6 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/12/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 0
Trail clear and in the tread is in good shape. Summer conditions. Per 424 6/25/09

Running Eagle Falls Trail
Two Medicine Road to Running Eagle Falls / .3mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/5/09 per 656 Running Eagle Falls Bridge: Installed per 650

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 0 6/5/09 per 624 Katz

Summit and Autumn Creek Trails
Marias Pass Trailhead to Firebrand Pass Jct./ 6.2 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/31/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 7
Good summer conditions. A few locations with standing mud, 2-3 inches deep. 6/29/09 Per 424.

Firebrand Jct. to Midvale Cr.Trailhead(E.Glacier)/ 7.7 m
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/31/09 per 650

Snow cover: N/A
Trees down: N/A

A $10.00 Blackfeet Tribal Conservation Permit is required by each person (regardless of age) who crosses the reservation at the East Glacier end of this trail. Crossing the reservation is unavoidable to get to or from East Glacier.

Summit Trail Jct to the BN RR Tracks (south) / 4.0 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: complete 6/25/09. 256

Snow cover: 0
Trees down: 35 06/17/09 per 632 Kintner

South Shore Trail
Trailhead at Boatdock to Two Medicine Pass Jct./ 2.3 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/1/09 per 551
Paradise Creek Suspension Bridge: Installed by 6/1/09 per 551

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 1
Summer conditions and clear 7/2/09 per 524 Thornton.

Two Med.Pass Jct. to Dawson Pass(North Shore) Trail/ 1.8
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/1/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 0
Summer conditions and clear 7/2/2009 per 524 Thornton

South Shore Trail to Aster Park/ 0.7 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/1/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 0
Summer conditions and clear. 7/2/09 per 524 Thornton.

Triple Divide Pass Trail (Cut Bank Valley)
Pitamakan Pass Jct.(Atlantic Cr.) to Med. Grizzly Jct./.7 mi
Initial clearing scheduled for: Complete 6/19/09 per 656

Snow cover: 0%
Trees down: 0 7/3/09 per 623.

Medicine Grizzly Jct. to Triple Divide Pass/ 2.6 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/10/09 per 650

Snow cover: >1%
Trees down: 0
Small patches of snow, SNOW HAZARD (snow bridge). 6/29/09 per 624 Duncan

Two Medicine Pass Trail (Cobalt Lake)
So. Shore Trail Jct to Cobalt Lake /3.4 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/27/09 per 650

Snow cover: 10% 7/01/09 per 524 Thornton
Trees down: 4 7/01/09 per 524 Thornton
Patchy snow starts near the horse ford above Rockwell Falls and continues to the lake. 7/01/09 per 524 Thornton.

Cobalt Lake to Two Medicine Pass/ 2.2 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/27/09 per 650

Snow cover: 30 % 6/29/09 per 232 Chaisson
Trees down: 1 6/29/09 per 232 Chaisson
ROUTE FINDING SKILLS Trail completly covered thru krumholtz trees, with route finding skills can relocate the trail above treeline and easily follow trail along ridge to pass. 6/29/09 per 232 Chaisson

Upper Two Medicine Lake Trail
South Shore Trail to Upper Two Med. Lake/ 1.5 mi.
Initial clearing scheduled for: 7/10/09 per 650

Snow cover: 0 %
Trees down: 0
Trail clear. 7/4/2009 per 524E.

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