Monday June 19th 2017

The sun came out this morning. I took full advantage and returned to Glacier National Park. After passing through the toll booth at 10AM, I went straight to the end of the road. The Going to the Sun road is currently closed at the Avalanche visitor area. The plowing crews are still working on Logan Pass sixteen miles further up the road.

Today was a picture taking intensive day. They really don’t do justice to the beautiful scenery I was seeing. I’ve included a few in this blog entry. All of the pictures can be found in my Google Photos shared album called Glacier National Park June 19 2017. Click on the link to visit the album.

The closed Going to the Sun Road is open to hiking and biking. I started up the road with the plan to go a few hundred yards around the first bend. At the first bend I pushed on to the next bend. The pattern was set. I kept going around the next bend until there was a very long straight section through the forest. It was boring enough to get me to turn around. When I checked Google Maps later, it turns out I walked about six miles up the road. By the time I got back to the Avalanche visitor area I’d walked twelve miles over three and a half hours. Not bad for a hike I didn’t intend to take.

All of the pictures that follow were taken along the road. I took far more pictures than I would have if I’d had to stop the car. Most of the pictures are just the things I was seeing, they don’t have any particular significance. I didn’t manage to see any animal life other than bugs and birds.

Panorama of the cliff side the road to Logan pass follows. This picture was taken near the end of my hike before I turned around.

Log ram in a small water fall.

The only snow I saw near the road.

Tomorrow I may go around the park to the east entrance.