Glacier Park Chat
Got up and 0245 to drive over to Logan Pass.
Arrived just after 0500--and before any sheep. One did show up shortly after.
Anyone ever see a porcupine at Logan Pass?
I saw one right in front of the outhouse doors.
Surprised me in the dark. I thought it was a marmot till I saw his tail with the quills.
Sky was too clear for interesting sunrise pictures.
Beautiful day for hiking though. Mild temps at day break. No or little wind.
Two other guys with BIG tripods and cameras went out ahead of me. I passed them shortly as they were setting up for some pics.
I'm eating as I type. I'll post a few pics shortly.
I have a lot of video, most of which will put regular chatters to sleep.
It may appeal to lurkers and others. I'll see.
It will take a few days to edit and split into logical sections.
later
pete
PS
One important thing I learned.
The Park is restricting access to Logan in the following manner according to the Ranger I spoke with.
They are stopping all traffic at The Bend when Logan Pass becomes congested.
Then 20 cars at a time will be released to leave for Logan when Rangers in the parking lot determine there are enough spaces for thjem to park.
He said it doesn't always work "perfectly" but better than the chaos before.
So there you go.
As I say repeatedly if you need to roll out of bed early.
later
pete
Moon setting around 5AM
Mt Clements in the early light
Garden Wall
The mountaineering trail to Mt Reynolds and the Dragon's Tail
A wannabe "mountaineer"?
The big red slab of a rock is your landmark to take the trail that goes uphill immediately after the rock. No big deal if you don't, but the higher trail is preferable imo
Look at your back trail. Sometimes a nice view.
This is the last snow field just before "going round the corner" and it is now breached so that you don't have to walk on it
Looking back across the same snow field towards the Garden Wall.
This view shows a portion of the "lower trail" as I call it. I don't like using it. More on why in the video.
I got to this point on the 1st saddle at 0800. Hidden Lake was almost like glass.
A good photographer with the right gear could have done a lot with this scene. It was beautiful up there today
But this guy just does snapshots
Behind Reynolds was still in shadow going out
The Dragons Tail on the left... and looking past towards Floral Park and the Little Matterhorn way back there.
This is looking SE from saddle just before starting up the Dragon's Tail. You can see part of the Jackson-Blackfoot Glacier in the distance.
From the same spot as above, turning slightly to my right you can see Gunsight Mountain just to the left of the Dragon's Tail and part of Sperry Glacier
Hidden Lake as seen through one of the gaps going up
Beauty and the Beast??
Some "boot shots" follow. I like boot shots.
Long way down through this crack
More from the top
These next pictures are from on the way back down. Looking past the last snowfield on the "corner" towards the Garden Wall
Looking towards Heavy Runner on the right and the Going-To-the-Sun Mt in the distance just left of Heavy Runner
Mt Clements dominates your view on the return, just as Reynolds does walking out to the Dragon's Tail
From right to left one can see Matahpi, Piegan, the Bishop's Hat, and Mt Gould
Pan shot from about the same place
Down and to the right in the basin is the headwaters of Reynolds Creek.
Going-To-the-Sun mountain on the right. Matahpi left of it
Last view of Clements before joining the teeming hoards who arrived after me.
I went out to the overlook on the way back just to see how crowded it was. People were everywhere on the Hidden Lake trail....as you'll see in the video when I get it up
A couple enjoying the view as I headed down. Camera battery died after this shot. I was done anyway LOL!!. The boardwalk was like an "ant farm".
Thanks for looking!
pete
