Eleven Days in Glacier National Park

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Eleven Days in Glacier National Park

So,  if you are a person who enjoys the outdoors and the beauty of nature, 
at some point in your life you have to see Glacier National Park
Now before I continue I want to say that normally, when creating a post I try to only post photos that help to tell the story and I refrain from just posting a lot of pretty photos.

But here in Glacier, there is so much beauty, it would be wrong not to show as much of it as possible.





During our 11 days here we hiked a lot and everywhere we turned was another beautiful view




Water falls and wild flowers


Wide open, "spectacular" views.... we found ourselves using the word "spectacular" often.


In Glacier they have a shuttle system that runs from the east entrance up and over 
Going to the Sun Road all the way to the west entrance. 

So one morning we got up before the sun and caught the first shuttle for the hour long ride to the top of Logan Pass to hike the Hidden Lake Trail.


At the trail head we were informed that 2 miles in  the trail was closed due to Grizzly Bear activity.
Seems that the day before they had a Grizzly Bear eating a mountain goat it had killed 
just off the trail.... Ahhh, a little danger to make this adventure exciting..

                   
So into the back country we hiked, up the hills past wild flowers, waterfalls and big sky 
spectacular (there's that word again) views of glaciers            


Spectacular?? ... Yeah!!


We even came across these white mountain goats


They came relatively close too, maybe 200 feet


Spectacular, right??


Then there are all the waterfalls we saw on our hikes...




So many waterfalls... too many to remember all their names






Everywhere we went in Glacier, every hike, every shuttle ride, every time we ran to the store or went out to eat, we couldn't help but notice something remarkable, something spectacular.

One morning we were waiting for a shuttle at the visitor center on the west side of Glacier in St Mary and this guy came charging across the field at a full gallop. 

It was an incredible thing to see.

Wildlife is everywhere if you just get out there, have some patience and take the time to 
really look for it. 

This weasel had his burrow just off the path at the top of Logan Pass


 These Big Horn Sheep were part of a herd that we saw several times in the campground in the 
Two Medicine area of the park. We saw big horn sheep several times throughout the park.



After seeing that big bull Moose in West Glacier we were always on the lookout for more moose. 
We had heard that there were frequent moose sighting up in the Many Glacier part of the park 
so we knew we had to go there. 



The lodge at Many Glacier is (sorry but I have to say it) "spectacular",  located on the lake with 
such incredible views.



But we were looking for moose, and moose we found


Deb and I were walking the shoreline of a lake about 30 yards apart when these two came charging out of the willows between us and into the lake.



Junior had an independent streak and chose to leave mom in the deeper water while he 
wandered around the shallow water


He really liked splashing like this


We spent about 45 minutes just sitting there watching them do moose stuff



A mile further up the trail as we approached Red Rock Falls we heard a loud bellow come
 from the forest above us.



We stopped on the trail and watched …. and waited....
Soon, these two came trotting out of the trees, across the path in front of us and into the lake below.

 

So I'm thinking, maybe we don't want to get between a moose and the water..  Ya know??



So as I try to wrap this very long post up and pull it all together all I can say is... get out there!



See America!!



Take the road less traveled


Live on the edge



The view is …. spectacular!!


Thanks for checking in... sorry for the long post.

 Next up Yellowstone National Park


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