Glacier National Park - Hiking the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park

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..Bob & Nancy Ulrich's
Day Hiking Adventures in
Glacier National Park Report #GP03.
The Highline Trail

We left Logan Pass at 9:15 AM and arrived at the loop just in time to catch the 5:00PM Shuttle.

Hiking the Highline Trail is Glacier National Park at it's finest! No day hiking adventure in Glacier Nat'l Park would be complete without a day on the Highline Trail. This hike is about 11.5 miles from Logan Pass to the Loop. The Loop is a place on the Going to the Sun Highway where a shuttle bus will pick you up and take you back to your car at Logan Pass, if you bought a ticket the day before. The views are truly outstanding!

View upon View upon View await you around every bend, and turn of the trail.

From the humble moss on a tree to the majestic peaks, the highline offers views that must be experienced.

This view looking down a glacier valley puts a perspective on the size of it all.

The trail takes you over the Continental Divide. There are some large rocks just below the pass that are a great place for a lunch stop. here we are sitting on one of these rocks, after a lunch break.

The trail takes you from Logan Pass to Granite Park Chalet, and then onto the Loop. The first trail sign is 11 Km out at the junction with the Glacier Overlook.

In addition to many beautiful view, the trail gives you a good close up look at rock cliffs. Here Nancy takes a drink before continuing on in Glacier Nat'l Park.

Additional notes: The Granite Park chalet has lodging and can serve as a good base camp for additional hikes in the back country. nancy and I hope you have have as much fun hiking as we did.

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Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks

This guide has good trail descriptions. I recommend it.
The photos on this page are form hike #17 in this book
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