Blogs from Glacier National Park, Montana, United States, North America - page 9

July 5, 2010 I am writing to you from the car. Things at glacier didn’t go as well as we had hoped. Our first 6.5 miles of our hike were amazing. You will see pictures of that, and I still look happy. I was, I was happy the whole first half. I was happy when we were looking at the beautiful river and waterfalls. I was happy when were viewing the glaciers on the mountain top. I was happy when we were sitting at that glaciel lake. I was happy looking at all the different colors of wild flowers (purple daisies!). I was happy singing The Bills Shout song to alert the bears of our arrival. I was very happy until we took out our sandwiches and it started pouring. The temperatures dropped to about 40 ... read more

Day 10 Glacier National Park Now that we have our “warm-up” hike under our belts its time to head out for something more demanding. We talked to a number of people for hike recommendations. Our waitress at the Glacier Lodge said she prefers the Many Glacier area when she hikes. The ranger at the visitors center in West Glacier suggested a few but seemed to like the hike to Iceberg Lake, which just so happens to be in the Many Glacier area of the park. It was five miles up and along a mountain side to a beautiful lake. A ten mile hike is a piece of cake right? Both of us have done running (jogging/walking) races longer than that, so, we figured it shouldn’t be much of a problem - we can do this! Let ... read more

Our morning started with a jolt with word from our son, Michael, that his house burned this morning. Thank God and smoke detectors they all got out safely. The house is a total loss, but no one was hurt. Praise God! We left the campground at 8am for Glacier National Park's western entrance. We stopped first at the visitor center, then got on Going-To-The-Sun Road. Our first stop was along McDonald Lake, which was very still in the remains of the early fog. Then on to McDonald Creek with its waterfalls, rapids and pale green color. We then started the climb to Logan Pass, the road narrow and winding, but so beautiful. The views of the valley below and the mountains above are breathtaking. And there are waterfalls everywhere in all sizes; long, narrow ones, wide ... read more

As it turned out, the Going to the Sun Road did not open this morning. When we got to the Park Gate, we were told they were shooting for a noon opening. We would only be allowed to drive thirteen miles up the road after we left the camper in the parking lot of the visitor center. We pulled off several times along St. Mary Lake with its towering mountains and emerald green water. Of course the overlook at Wild Goose Island is one of my favorite spots. I think my very favorite is Sunrift Gorge/Baring Creek. That clear rushing water coming through that narrow vertical gorge just delights my senses. The creek moves quickly down from there, making multiple waterfalls, curling under the bridge and tumbling on to St. Mary Lake. At Jackson Glacier overlook ... read more

We were blessed with awesome weather today so decided to go up into the park for awhile. We are having dinner later with Montana Kerri, can't wait to see her. Going to the Sun Hwy. isn't open all the way yet. We drove up to Avalanche Pass and then back. They still have snow melting so once again the lakes and streams are full and beautiful. The pictures you see of the lodge are from Lake McDonald Lodge built in 1913. It is a beautiful well kept lodge. The lake you see is McDonald lake and the river that flows into it. After going as far as we could from the West entrance we stopped at Hungry Horse Dam. We got some more nice pics there. Montana is beautiful and so green! Yes, Kristen you would ... read more