{"id":2710,"date":"2025-08-25T20:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:35:40","slug":"8-25-2025-benchmark-wilderness-ranch-to-east-glacier-mile-2804-2938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/8-25-2025-benchmark-wilderness-ranch-to-east-glacier-mile-2804-2938\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/25\/2025: Benchmark Wilderness Ranch to East Glacier (Mile\u00a02,804 &#8211; 2,938)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">It is fall here! I started feeling it three days ago. The flowers are almost all gone, and instead, there are a lot of fruits. I benefited from going through the endless fields of Huckleberry and Thimbleberry, eating at least 200 of them a day for the past few days. Squirrels\u00a0are busy eating and collecting as many pine nuts as they can. I saw a lot of mushrooms and nibble marks on some of them. The direct sunlight doesn\u2019t\u00a0have the same intense heat as it did a few days ago. I realized that it\u2019s only a month from\u00a0the fall equinox. As the season changes, I need to change too. Instead of hiking 30 miles or more a day, I will slow down a little bit in Glacier National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7815.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7815-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7815-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7815-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Something about the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area made me feel whole, peaceful, comfortable, and at ease. Perhaps it\u2019s because I was surrounded by trees and there was a lot of water.\u00a0Even though there were some extended burned areas I had to walk through, the trail followed some rivers and old-growth forests. On the second night, a deer came to visit me at my camp, walking around and eating plants as I ate my dinner.\u00a0I admire their\u00a0gentle eyes and strong hind legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7839.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7839-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7839-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7839-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7895.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7895-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7895-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7895-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7822.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7822-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7822-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7822-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7822-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7822-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Chinese Wall was impressive, and I wished I had walked there in the morning light when the sun hits the wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On day 2, there\u00a0was a split to take a cut-off called Spotted Bear Pass route, which\u00a0takes about 20 miles off. I just followed the official CDT.\u00a0As soon as I turned into the official CDT, I only saw old human prints and mostly fresh deer prints. I\u00a0felt a sense of remoteness and solitude, which reminded me of Anaconda Wilderness, where I didn\u2019t see people for days.\u00a0I ended my day at Lake Levale. It\u2019s been forever since I finished my day at a lake. It was so nice to bathe in and I felt like a different person!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7923.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7923-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7923-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7923-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7944.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7944-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7944-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7944-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7944-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7944-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The next day was strange. I started off seeing beautiful morning lights on the walls, then\u00a0I made a mistake! I took a wrong turn and didn\u2019t realize it for 0.9 miles! My mind was off somewhere since I don\u2019t usually make such a mistake, and the fact that it took me a while to notice it.\u00a0I was upset about it all day!\u00a0I tried not to ruin my day for just one mistake, and still, I couldn\u2019t talk to myself with compassion for a while. Eventually, I felt fine and realized that hiking\u00a020 miles in\u00a0a burn area, feeling uneasy and uncomfortable, had something to do with it. Although I took a wrong turn, I made it to a lake where I planned to camp for the night. The next morning, the fog was lifting from the surface of the lake as the morning light hit the mountains. I heard birds, and otherwise, it was so quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971-scaled.jpeg?resize=1170%2C878&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7971-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">From there all the way to East Glacier, there were so many berries! The bright red thimbleberries painted the path as if they were\u00a0celebrating me, primarily following the red line, the official CDT. Soon,\u00a0huckleberries also surrounded me. It\u2019s a celebration! Mother Earth is giving me the sweetest gift to greet me for the last 100 miles to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8002.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8002-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8002-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8002-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8002-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036-scaled.jpeg?resize=1170%2C878&amp;ssl=1 1170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8036-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I\u2019m entering the Blackfoot Nation\u2019s unceded traditional territory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8038.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8038-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8038-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8038-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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From there, I will be walking into Canada. It\u2019s unbelievable I&#8217;ve come this far.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The funny thing is that I just started feeling like I could walk effortlessly in the last few days. I thought I practiced hiking\u00a0a lot, and I\u2019ve gotten better at it. Just like anything else, I came to realize that the more you do it, the more you learn to do it better. I\u2019ve been walking since I was a year old and yet, still learning. I\u2019m excited to keep learning how to tread the earth gently with care, even though the trail may end soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8007.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8007-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8007-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8007-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8007-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mihoaida.com\/pct\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8007-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is fall here! I started feeling it three days ago. The flowers are almost all gone, and instead, there are a lot of fruits. I benefited from going through the endless fields of Huckleberry and Thimbleberry, eating at least 200 of them a day for the past few days. 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