Dave:
Got a break from the rain, and hadn’t hiked for a few days, so we shook off the rust with a five-miler, along Avalanche Creek, through Avalanche Gorge, ending at Avalanche Lake. This was big-time grizzly country, but we saw nary a bear (nor any evidence thereof). The pictures don’t do it justice, but it’s an absolutely gorgeous glacier lake, with water as turquoise as the Gulf of Mexico.
Got a break from the rain, and hadn’t hiked for a few days, so we shook off the rust with a five-miler, along Avalanche Creek, through Avalanche Gorge, ending at Avalanche Lake. This was big-time grizzly country, but we saw nary a bear (nor any evidence thereof). The pictures don’t do it justice, but it’s an absolutely gorgeous glacier lake, with water as turquoise as the Gulf of Mexico.
We’re hoping to head over to the east side of the park tomorrow, weather permitting. They had four inches of snow last night/this morning, and Route 49 was closed. There’s only one road through the park, aptly named Going to the Sun Road, which crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass (6,466 feet). Unfortunately, it was closed for the season on Sunday, two days before we arrived, which turns a trip to the other side of the park from a 39 mile jaunt to a 141 mile trek. We’re hoping to pull it off, but it depends entirely on the weather at this point.
