Day 42 - Montana mountains

I woke up and was happy to see my food bag still hanging and in tack. I are breakfast and began hiking the ups and downs of these mountains just on the outside of glacier national park. Eventually, after going over mt wam I dropped down to a forest road which I walked for 4 miles then had to fight through the brush of another abandoned forest for 6 more miles before beginning the whitefish divide trail. From here I walked to the top of mt Locke where I am camped for a night and got to witness an amazing sunset. This area is truly amazing and I can imagine it is even more beautiful when there is snow around. There is nowhere to hang my food on the mountain so I am prepared to fight grizzlies. In this mountain time zone it is very awesome that it does not really get dark until almost ten. Hopefully tomorrow I will get to pole ridge where I can get my glacier national park permits and move on to the finish of this trail at chief mountain customs office. I have somewhere between eighty and 90 miles left. It's a good thing too because it seems that every day my gear has a new issue or at least a hole in it. I guess it was not rated for 4000 miles in 2 trips over 3 years.