Monday, July 18th – Glacier National Park to Chester, Montana - Day 157
The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park combines the Waterton and Glacier National Parks across the Canada-US border. This allows combined efforts for conservation and reflects the fact the animals don’t care about the border.
We have been very fortunate to stay in so many campgrounds with beautiful mountain views, St. Mary’s campground included. We went back to the visitor centre to drop the trailer and get junior ranger booklets. We started down the Going to the Sun Road with fog and rain overhead.
There was very little visibility as we started our first trail to Baring Falls. We had rain jackets to fight the drizzle as we walked downhill to the base of the falls. There was a wooden bridge crossing the stream to let us get to an overhang where we could stay dry. The weather improved as we walked back to the car, we saw some blue skies and clear views when we reached the road.
We started travelling uphill to the Logan Pass visitor centre with stops at multiple viewpoints along the way to see distant glaciers and a river valley with many waterfalls. We arrived and had the kids sworn in as junior rangers. There was a path to a glacier behind the visitor centre and we started walking towards it before it got too snowy to continue. We had all our warm clothes on, but we were still cold. The weather alternated between rain, hail, and fog. We went back to the car and crossed the pass to head down the mountain.
We stopped to look at the Weeping Wall and several other viewpoints before continuing to Lake McDonald. The lake provided a windy view of fire scarred hills on the far bank.
To be continued...
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