Category: Glacier National Park

GNP Day 38, mentally

Play Mountain chalet in moonlight
Another moonlit morning, but warmer…
Thermometer
50 degrees at 630 AM
High Mountain chalet bedroom
Gunsight Pass today. Eight miles roundtrip. 

Looks like another warm, clear, calm day. Weather doesn’t make the hike, but it helps.

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GNP Day 37, mentally

6:00 AM. Full moon. Lake McDonald from Sperry Beach.
Morning restroom trip.
Hotel. Moonlit.
Sperry Beach, moonlit.
What planet is that?
Sperry “Boardwalk”, moonlit.
36 at 6:00 AM.

The full moon in a dark sky creates moonlight magic. Stunning.

We’ll wait for the sun to warm up the mountain. 

Grateful for the opportunity to see and touch a glacier.

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GNP Day 36, mentally

Cold, cloudy, windy. At sunrise, 37 degrees.
Brian, housekeeping, offered this resource.

We know today’s hike, if it happens at all, requires two prerequisites:

  1. Warmer temps
  2. No-to-low wind

By 2:30 PM we are on the trail.

It is exceptional to have patience to wait for proper conditions. Especially when the stakes are high.

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GNP Day 35, mentally

Plastic orange pumpkin filled with candy
Once a Disney Cast Member, always a Disney Cast Member. Surprising and delighting the Team.
Location context: Lake McDonald Lodge.
Lake McDonald and Continental Divide (far middle horizon).

Park at Lake McDonald Lodge. Hike 6.5 miles and 3,400’ elevation gain. Enjoy four nights/five days up high, deep in.

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GNP Day 34, mentally

Mountains at sunrise
Sunrise has already happened on The Great Plains. The Great Plains can be seen from the ridge, aka the Continental Divide.
Mountains at sunrise
It takes a while for the Sun to climb high enough to overcome the Continental Divide’s “wall”.
Mountain chalet at sunrise
It’s been daylight for hours. But we haven’t yet seen the Sun.

Such a blessing to be with the one you love the most — in a wild place that you have known for nearly 50 years. And Cheryl has known it for 40.

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