Holy Cow the tourists really showed up in Glacier country. We trailered over to the east side of the mountains and took a ride up to Firebrand pass today. The traffic coming home this afternoon was tremendous. Lots of folks coming to enjoy Glacier Park.

I have never been up Firebrand pass before. It’s a very pretty, very scenic ride. First part of the trail is somewhat treed, but you frequently have view opportunities. We took the trail at Luebec and from this trailhead its only about 5 miles up to the pass. If you’re hiking this trail be wary of the vegetation growth about 1/2 way up the pass. The trail goes through some open hillside areas that have chest high vegatative growth with a lot of cow parsnip, (which can be somewhat irritating to the skin).

A good friend and neighbor Dan rode along with us. He and Connie were enjoying some leisure time in the bowl just below the pass.