July 2018 Montana Part 3 - Glacier National Park

In the middle of West Glacier and East Glacier is Logan Pass.  I did another amazing hike from Logan Pass called the Highline Trail.  This trail follows the Going to the Sun Road back toward the West from Logan Pass (much higher than the road).  It is a 7.6 mile trail that can be made into a loop back to The Loop shuttle stop by taking The Loop Trail (another 4 miles) from the Granite Park Chalet.  I did an extra mile by taking a spur up to an overlook to see the Grinnell glacier.  It was spectacular.  This was a really long hike with amazing scenery – I would put it into my all time top 5 hikes also.  I hiked about 13 miles altogether – whew!   

Here are some pictures:

Bighorn sheep at the beginning of the trail

Here is a video of the bighorns:

Highline Trail (sorry about all the pics, it was really hard to narrow it down)

Grinnell glacier overlook

Mountain goat

Elk on The Loop Trail

I did another hike the next day from Logan Pass on the Hidden Lake overlook trail.  This one required climbing over a couple of snow fields and I saw two different mountain goats on the way.  It was about 4 miles total and not too difficult. 

Mountain Goat 1

Mountain Goat 2

Videos of the second Mountain Goat:

The same day as the Hidden Lake hike I also hiked the Avalanche Lake trail.  This one was about 5 miles total and not too difficult.  The lake was awesome.   

Avalanche Creek

Avalanche Lake

Next I am off to Washington state, I will be staying in Bremerton and visiting Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, and Seattle.