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| Hiking | 14.21 Miles |
1,213 AEG |
| | Hiking | 14.21 Miles | 6 Hrs 34 Mns | | 2.18 mph |
| 1,213 ft AEG | 3 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | On our second day at Glacier we wanted to hike around Saint Mary Lake. The Going to the sun Road was closed at the Rising Sun Motor Inn so we had to walk along the road to the Trail head for St Mary Falls. Very Scenic walk along the road especially since there were no cars on it. As a side note you have to go on line to get reservations to drive on the Going To The Sun Road (check to park website). Once at the St Mary Trail Head we went to St Mary Falls and Virginia Falls.
The walk along the road was quite nice Saw lots of wild life including a grizzly just 50 yards away, It was content rooting around in the brush looking for something to eat, did not seem to be interested in us thankfully. Took lots of photos. Other wildlife included Goats and big horn sheep a ways up the side of the hills. On our trip in along the road we stopped off at Sunrift Gorge about 100 yards off the road. Worth the side trip. With no cars on the road you don't have to worry about weather you will get a parking spot to visit this gorge.
St Mary Falls was running quite high. I am still amazed at how much water flows in these creeks/rivers. From St Mary Falls we headed up to Virginia Falls, Really impressive. On our return trip from the falls we followed a trail along Lake Mary to Sunrift Gorge again then to Baring Falls and continued on the trail to Going to the Sun Point where we took the road back to our start point.
At First I was disappointed that we couldn't drive to St Mary Falls Trail Head especially since we went on line and got a pass, It would add 8 miles of road walking. When we were done with the hike though I was actually glad it was closed and the added 8 miles was actually quite eventful. On our trip back to where we stayed the week at Swift Current Lodge we were able to see more grizzly's, moose and black bears. |
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