Flathead Lake's Woods Bay seen from below Estes Lake. (Keith Hammer photos)
Seventeen Swan Rangers hiked from Woods Bay to Estes Lake on a warm, sunny Saturday, April 9!
Wildflowers are beginning to bloom in the sunny, rocky areas of Crane Mountain, with temps hitting the 70s!
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The trail to Bond Lake gets pretty snowy beyond Bond Falls! (Norma Linsky photo)
Seventeen Swan Rangers hiked to Bond Falls on a sunny Saturday, April 2, 2016!
From there on the trail gets pretty snowy!
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Decision time where the road rounds the ridge into Wolf Creek. (Keith Hammer photo)
Fifteen Swan Rangers hiked the old Bear Creek Road on Saturday, March 26, with most continuing up the ridge toward Elk Spring a little ways and a few further!
The road is clear of snow until the ridge, then snow covered around the north side of the ridge toward Wolf Creek - and even deeper up the ridge toward Elk Spring!
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The Rangers pose on Windy Point! (Fawn Simensen photo)
Eleven Swan Rangers hiked the Echo - Broken Leg Trail on a sunny Saturday, March 19, 2016!
They lunched at Windy Point and only a few trekked further as the trail got snowier.
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A view of Flathead Lake from "the overlook!" (Keith Hammer photos)
Eleven Swan Rangers hiked the Phillips Trail on Saturday, March 12, 2016!
The trail is free of snow as far as "the overlook" and the Rangers somehow managed the hike between rain showers!
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Mostly bare ground with scattered patches of snow - down low! (Keith Hammer photos)
Fourteen Swan Rangers hiked a loop on old roads in the Peterson and Patterson Creek areas on Saturday, March 5, 2014!
Spring was in the air, robins and varied thrush were in the trees, and there were bear tracks in the snow!
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The clouds lifted during the 4-mile round trip! (Keith Hammer photos)
Thirteen Swan Rangers hiked the Swan River Nature Trail just upstream from Bigfork on a rainy Saturday, February 27, 2016!
A great place to see ducks and geese, but they didn't come close for photo-ops!
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Swan Rangers view Flathead Lake during a squall! (Keith Hammer photos)
Fourteen Swan Rangers snowshoed and bushwhacked a loop in lower Krause Basin on Saturday, February 20, 2016!
The rain crust was noisy but the damp, bare earth was quiet!
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Stumps outnumber trees on the State Lands north of Mud Lake! (Keith Hammer photos)
Nine Swan Rangers skied betwixt Mud Lake and Jewel Basin Road on Saturday, February 13, 2016!
Though rain was forecast, the morning was pleasant and the snow soft!
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There was a lot of contrast in the Krause Basin Caucus! (Fawn Simensen photo)
Fifteen Swan Rangers skied into the North Fork of Krause Basin on a partly sunny Saturday, February 6, 2016!
The snow was quite good, in spite of warm weather, but the heavy snow has brought quite a few trees down across the trails!
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