I arose early from my campsite at Morning Star campground and started heading up Pitamakan pass.  I was on top before I knew it and started the 8 miles to Two Medicine.  The wind is blowing like crazy up here and it will be good to get down into the shelter of some trees.

I arrived at Two Medicine somewhere around lunchtime. I had planned on spending the night here at a walk-in campsite, but once again I got the runaround by the same unhelpful ranger who gave me my itinerary a week ago. I know there is a hiker-only campsite here but I really don’t feel like wandering around trying to find someone who knows what they are doing. Instead I decided to go to the General Store, have some food, and reconnoiter a bit.

After lunch I felt pretty good and decided to finish the last 10 miles over Scenic Point into East glacier.  This would make for a 20 mile day and two large passes, but it was only 1:00 pm, so I got started. The wind was blowing pretty strong with scattered hail but the views were amazing. I saw several day hikers all returning back to their cars at Two Medicine since it is getting later in the day. I also saw several mountain sheep near Scenic Point.

After Scenic point the trail is pretty exposed as it winds down the front of the range towards East Glacier far below. The last 3 miles are across Blackfeet land, for which they require a permit that I did not have.  I kept thinking they were watching for trespassers via high powered telescopes from down below and they were going to come roaring up on ATV’s to write me a ticket, so I tried to keep low and out of site below the ridge lines. Fortunately I sneaked through undetected and rolled into East Glacier around 6:00 pm.  At this point I have completed my northern section and all I have to do now is Anaconda to Ghost Ranch!

I ran into Eeyore once again at Brownies as I was walking back into town.  He stayed the week I was gone and finished his hike through Glacier.  We had dinner again at Serranos and I was very sad to hear that he wasn’t going to finish his CDT thru-hike. He said he was worn out and had no enthusiasm to continue. We had breakfast at the diner the next morning and I walked with him to the train station to buy his ticket home. I will miss him and hope he is well.