The first and only ones on the trail

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
First light from our balcony. Th middle dip is where we are heading.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Looking further right towards Logan Pass where our car is parked.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Heaven’s Peak untouched by sunlight, but only for a few more minutes.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Mt Gould in background. The Garden Wall foreground.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Hitting the trail at…7:20am…

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Time stamp for start of hike.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Swiftcurrent Lookout Tower bathed in early morning Sun.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Good morning Granite Park Chalet.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
On our way, but not before a “we were here” photo.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
The Garden Wall framing up Mt. Gould.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Grinnell Glacier Overlook trail gains 1,000 feet elevation in about a mile.

 

 

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Grinnell Glacier Overlook spur took us 21 minutes to get to from Granite.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Not many see this morning light angle from here.

 

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike

Our Chalet in lower right.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
iPhone 7 Plus has a great camera zoom.

 

Grinnell Glacier Overlook hike
Logan Pass is tucked somewhere in the left.

 

With three decent hikes the previous three days, and knowing our minimum hike (yesterday) was four miles down to the shuttle with a 2,200′ elevation loss (a different type of leg strain), we weren’t sure the additional three-plus miles (round trip) and 1,000′ up (and 1,000′ down) to Grinnell Glacier Overlook was in the cards for us.

It was.

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By jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.