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| 0630 alarm call to catch one of the early shuttles to Logan Pass and it's a wall to wall blue sky beautiful morning.... We plan to hike the Hidden Lake Trail and part of the High Line Trail..... |
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| The Hidden Lake Trail is a one and a half mile hike with an elevation gain of 460 feet, the first part is on boardwalk then the fun starts.....this is the trail and it's uphill and quite slippery... |
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| But the views are breathtaking and it's such a beautiful morning..... |
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| Just look at that sky...... |
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| Lots of mountain goats.....this little chap was really cute.... |
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| And here comes dad..... |
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| The beautiful Hidden Lake but some old biddy got in the picture..... |
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| That's better.....and a lovely view while having half of our lunch sandwich... |
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| There is another mile and half hike with elevation drop of 760ft on from here down to the Lake but it's closed at the moment due to Grizzly Bear activity.... |
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| The hillside is covered with these beautiful Yellow Mountain Lily |
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| Second half of today is to hike part of the High Line Trail......the actual trail is a very strenuous hike down to The Loop, the only switchback, on The Going To The Sun Road....it's an 11 mile strenuous hike with an elevation change of 2200ft !! There is a shuttle bus stop at The Loop to take you either back up to Logan Pass or down to Avalanche Lake/Apgar Centre 2 seats are usually left on the shuttle buses to pick up hikers at The Loop... This family of goats were on the rocks above the first part of the trail.... |
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| Yorkieman on the trail and "talking" to the goats... |
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The trail winds it's way along the rock face high above The Going To The Sun Road....  |
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| Stunning views down into the valley....also an excellent place to sit and finish our lunch sandwich...this was about a mile along the trail and as it's all uphill on the way back we call it a day and about turn.... |
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| It seems incredible that this packed snow can hang there....it is thawing underneath so we guess will slide down onto the road at some stage...apart from damage to wing mirrors the most damage is rocks falling on vehicles, in fact we overheard on the shuttle radio that one bus did get hit thankfully no injuries just a dent.... We have so enjoyed our time in stunning Glacier National Park, certainly one of our favourites.....we now bid a sad farewell as tomorrow we hitch up again to overnight in Osburn, Idaho..... |
Hi Sue & Michael,
ReplyDeleteYou can certainly pick the right place to have your lunch breaks, stunning. We are still in awe of your fitness,11 mile hike wow.
Michael you really should keep a check on yourself talking to goats! We`re getting concerned. Hope the drive to Osburn went well.
Cheers,
Ann & Dave