Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It was completed in 1932. The road, both a National Historic Landmark and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, spans 53 miles (85 km) across the width of the park. The road is...
I took the free shuttle to Logan Pass Visitor’s Center at the top of Glacier National Park. As I was studying the map trying to find something to do, a most amazing thing happened; Earlier in the day I had canceled on plans to go on a hike with Leigh...
Uncertain what to expect, I went ahead and started down the Avalanche Lake trail. Right at the start the trailhead map says it is 2 miles of uphill hiking… which turned me away initially, but the climb was not a big factor once I got started. The larger issue was...
My first hike within Glacier National Park would be the easy, popular, 3/4 of a mile Trail of the Cedars trail. The trail itself is either paved or a boardwalk making it wheelchair accessible. The simple stroll put me right in the thick of the dense cedar-hemlock forest following Avalanche...
