Since I took hundreds of pictures, I have to break up the Glacier trip into several segments. I am trying to show you the beauty, vastness and ruggedness of this park. There is one road through the park, Going To The Sun Road. It contains a very narrow road, which switches back and forth with very short barriers (maybe 18-24 inches tall) separating you from the cliff.
We followed this river until we started to climb.
You can see to road we are on and you can see how it is cut into the side of the mountain. In places they could not cut enough out of the rock face and they actually build up a foundation to hold the road up. Scary.
This is just one of those places where the road bed had to be built up, and they even built in a waterfall to keep you from looking over the edge and wondering if the road will hold.
As we got closer to Logan Pass, and higher in the mountains, you get to look back down the valley from where you started.
We finally got to the top. We were warned about the limited parking at the pass. They said you probably would not have problems parking if you got there before 10:30AM. With construction and everyone else having the same idea, the lot was full and we drove around for about 15 minutes until we stalked a couple walking toward their car and we waited for them to leave. Hurray.
This is from the visitor's center on the way to Hidden Lake. We decided to take the boys on this 1.5 mile hike. It was very windy and cold and we were glad we dressed appropriately. Hidden Lake is on the other side of this mountain. So our goal was a pretty big one for the Dudes.
After three pictures both Logan and Liam were looking my way as we started off the path.
The meadow with wild flowers, or are they weeds?
The boys wanted to be the leaders. There were a lot of stairs to climb at the beginning of the hike.
It was not long and the boys showed signs of tiring. I talked them into making it as far as "Snack Rock" where appropriately they had a snack. As soon as the wrapper noise started, the hoary marmot showed up and wanted some. He is in the attack posture.
Then we saw our first mountain goats on the ridge. They were about a quarter miles ahead of us and moving to the end of the trail so we didn't catch them until we got the the viewing spot for Hidden Lake.
The trail got a bit tougher during the last half.
Kirstin and the boys waited at the second Snack Rock wile Jeff and I hiked to the scenic view of Hidden Lake. It was another mile and a half if you actually wanted to go down to the lake.
The goats were at the top also.
The second Snack Rock, facing away from the wind.
Then on the way down, we ran into a big horn sheep.
These guys did pretty well on this three mile walk on short legs and they were tired. Naps to follow.
We followed this river until we started to climb.
You can see to road we are on and you can see how it is cut into the side of the mountain. In places they could not cut enough out of the rock face and they actually build up a foundation to hold the road up. Scary.
This is just one of those places where the road bed had to be built up, and they even built in a waterfall to keep you from looking over the edge and wondering if the road will hold.
As we got closer to Logan Pass, and higher in the mountains, you get to look back down the valley from where you started.
We finally got to the top. We were warned about the limited parking at the pass. They said you probably would not have problems parking if you got there before 10:30AM. With construction and everyone else having the same idea, the lot was full and we drove around for about 15 minutes until we stalked a couple walking toward their car and we waited for them to leave. Hurray.
This is from the visitor's center on the way to Hidden Lake. We decided to take the boys on this 1.5 mile hike. It was very windy and cold and we were glad we dressed appropriately. Hidden Lake is on the other side of this mountain. So our goal was a pretty big one for the Dudes.
After three pictures both Logan and Liam were looking my way as we started off the path.
The meadow with wild flowers, or are they weeds?
The boys wanted to be the leaders. There were a lot of stairs to climb at the beginning of the hike.
It was not long and the boys showed signs of tiring. I talked them into making it as far as "Snack Rock" where appropriately they had a snack. As soon as the wrapper noise started, the hoary marmot showed up and wanted some. He is in the attack posture.
Then we saw our first mountain goats on the ridge. They were about a quarter miles ahead of us and moving to the end of the trail so we didn't catch them until we got the the viewing spot for Hidden Lake.
The trail got a bit tougher during the last half.
Kirstin and the boys waited at the second Snack Rock wile Jeff and I hiked to the scenic view of Hidden Lake. It was another mile and a half if you actually wanted to go down to the lake.
The goats were at the top also.
The second Snack Rock, facing away from the wind.
Then on the way down, we ran into a big horn sheep.
These guys did pretty well on this three mile walk on short legs and they were tired. Naps to follow.
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