The best word to describe Glacier NP..... SPECTACULAR!!!! The Northern Rockies were so amazingly huge and beautiful. We had a sunny campsite facing St. Mary Lake with the mountains as a back drop. The sunny campsite was key as the mornings and late afternoons were quite cool. The 1st of our 3 days in Glacier we took the park shuttles up the "Going to the Sun Road". The road opened 2 days prior to our arrival in the park because of all the snow this year! We had several snow ball fights at the top of Logan Pass on the Continental Divide. The snow was over the top of the shuttle bus. The mountains were filled with waterfalls of melting snow that were diverted under the road. Simply Spectacular!
Our 2nd day we traveled over to the "Many Glaciers" area of the park. Here were took a wonderful hike UPHILL to an incredible waterfall. The hike back was much easier! Then we took a boat across Swiftwater Lake, hiked, took another boat across Lake Josephine, and hiked to Grinnell Lake. From the boats you could see a multitude of glaciers in the mountains. All the lakes are glacial lakes and are a beautiful turquoise blue from the fine glacier sediment that is suspended in the water. On the hike back to the boat we encountered a HUGE Grizzly Bear!!!! He was meandering up the path we were on. Luckily we were with a large group from the boat and we all started making noise, the grizzly slowly walked off the path and into the woods to continue his journey. I will post a video of him on our webpage.
On our last day in Glacier NP the kids got their Jr. Ranger badges and we visited several other sections and lakes in the park as we headed toward the Grundy's in Big Fork, MT. Due to the size of our camper, we had to travel around the park rather than thru the park on the "Going to the Sun Road". The outskirts of the park is the Blackfoot Indian Reservation. We stopped at one point at a place called "Goat Lick Pass", looked down into the crevasse and saw a herd of Mountain goats including babies!
We were sad to leave Glacier National Park, it was so SPECTACULAR! David and I are already talking about when we can come back!
We are jealous. Kyle and I are plotting another western trip for us next summer to hopefully do this stretch you guys are on. Can't believe how much you get to see this summer!
ReplyDeleteAnd we feel it has only just begun!
ReplyDeleteThe lake color must have been amazing! So funny that the road was just openend. That Continental Divide keeps popping up in front of ya'll! The bear encounter must have been quite an experience. We are so enjoying your blogs! I keep thinking that your trip is not even half over...and yet you've all seen so much...keep up the fun!
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