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| Backpack | 16.80 Miles |
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| partners | | Wow, this is probably my fav trail in my fav National Park!  So to avoid the permit system we just day hiked with our overnight backpacks from Logans Pass over Swiftcurrent Pass and stayed the night down that the walk-in sites at Many Glacier campground.  I thought the views from the Going-to-the-Sun Road were absolutely amazing, but the views while hiking below the garden wall just blow that away!  Waterfalls everywhere, glaciers & snowfields on nearby mountains, lush valleys below, loads of wildlife, dark intimidating mountain peaks... We took the steep sidetrip up that Grinnell Glacier overlook trail to soak in the equally amazing views of that valley, lakes, and glacier on the other side of the ridge. Took a quick break in the chalet as a rainstorm blew in before throwing on our minimal raingear and heading over the foggy Swiftcurrent Pass. Once down from the pass a bit, we dropped below the clouds and out of the rain to see the sweet Swiftcurrent Glacier with a handful of cascading waterfalls running below it down to the amazing valley with a few deep blue lakes lining the valley floor. Ohh snap, can hiking get any better than this?!? Once down in the valley floor and past the lakes, it was kinna a dull stroll thru the forrest a few miles to the campground and hordes of people... Found a walk-in site and hit the restaurant for dinner. Wow, those Montana-raised, free grazing, open range cattle make some of the best burgers ever!  I think more backpacking trips should overnight near restaurants!  |
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| Yea, canyoneering is an extreme sport... EXTREMELY dramatic!!! =p |
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