Hidden lake glacier national park12/20/2023 The steep, narrow, winding highway is closed to long RVs – with good reason – and is only open for about four months each year. In so many places, it’s literally carved out of the side of the mountain. The Going to the Sun Highway is an interesting experience in itself. From West Glacier, it’s 32 miles, and from East Glacier, it’s 18 miles. To get to the trailhead, drive to the top of Logan Pass from either the west or east entrances to Glacier. And in Yellowstone, although you can get the experience of being completely surrounded by mountains, you’ll never see so many peaks as jagged as the ones in Glacier. The hikes through the Tetons are a different experience entirely – on the top of Paintbrush Divide, for example, you’ll see the farmland of Idaho to the west and Jackson Hole to the east. In Glacier you truly get the sense of being surrounded by jagged, glacially carved mountains on every side – even though the West Entrance of Glacier is only 34 miles from Kalispell, Montana, you can hike through the park and not see the surrounding valleys in any direction. Glacier National Park is an experience totally unlike Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks. The hike out can be a challenge for less experienced mountaineers, so be aware of the climb that awaits you. You’ll gain about 500 feet of elevation over 1.5 miles hiking to the Hidden Lake Overlook, where you top out at about 7,125 feet, then lose about 750 feet as you hike another 1.5 miles to the shores of the lake. The long, crescent-shaped lake is tucked amongst the jagged, glacially carved peaks of Glacier National Park with pristine waters that seem to invite you to stay for a while.Įven better, it’s a reasonably easy hike, starting at the top of the Going to the Sun Highway behind the Logan Pass Visitor Center. I’m making an exception for Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park, which has to be one of the most gorgeous places on the planet. So far I’ve been writing about trails in northwestern Wyoming, primarily in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park Posted by Jim Steele on October 5th, 2008 filed in Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park
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