This was the sixth and final trip in my attempts to make a winter crossing of Glacier National Park. I was successful, but at a steep price. Indeed, I almost paid with my life. If I hadn't taken those five other scouting trips . . . As it were, The Ahern Mile became the harshest trip of all my backcountry traveling experiences.

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