The Loop To Granite Chalet Hike Glacier

Did grinnell glacier overlook.

The loop to granite chalet hike glacier.

Hiking to the loop. Officially i hiked 7 6 miles from logan pass to granite park chalet plus a 1 2 mile side trip to glacier overlook plus 4 miles from the chalet to the loop. The hike to the granite park chalet is 7 6 miles and the highline trail only climbs 200 feet. Very very windy and cold at top so prepare accordingly.

After granite park chalet the trail drops 2 200 feet in 4 miles to the loop trail head. If you are planning an early season trip into granite park chalet be sure to check the trail status online or at a park visitor center. That should be a total of 12 8 miles. Whether you want to just check the chalet out on a day hike or if you d like to spend.

From the granite park chalet it is a 4 mile hike to get to the loop. Hiking the loop trail to the granite park chalet in glacier national park is a challenging hike. The opening of this trail depends on the weather and snow conditions for any given year. The first part of this trail is through a shady cool forest.

With an elevation gain of 2 663 feet over the 4 2 miles of t. Experience firsthand the effects of the 2003 fires. We hiked down to the loop. The high line trail runs from the logan pass visitors center to the loop trail head along the garden wall.

The trailhead to get to the chalet begins at logan pass on the going to the sun road and you take the highline trail to reach it. The hike from granite park chalet to the loop is about. The first 7 6 miles of the trail in easy with gradual elevation climb. Since due to the pandemic there is no shuttle service my hiking partner hitchhiked back up from the loop to logan pass where the car was parked and i waited for her to drive the car back.

Really really tough hike to the top but worth the effort. The granite park chalet is nestled on a rocky hillside just north of mount gould. This is the shortest trail to granite park chalet. Expect heavy traffic and be early if you plan to park at the visitors center.

This part of the hike is a steep downhill walk in and out of a forest. The highline trail was gorgeous well worth the time and effort. Hiking the highline trail in glacier national park from logan pass to haystack pass is an alpine lover s dream. We did this hike from the granite chalet on august 22 2020 after our last night staying there.

Left logan pass at 6 45 am. The trail in very narrow in some places with steep. 1 mile to the top. It doesn t take long until you leave the shade of the trees and enter what remains of an old forest fire.