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Showing posts with label MT. Show all posts

Glacier National Park - East Side (Mary) & Going to the Sun Road

 




Apikuni Falls 1.6 mi rt. The 100-foot waterfall is located 1 mile away from the Apikuni parking area




 Roadside - near the lodge

 along the road

 Fishercap Lake for moose – park at Swiftcurrent Motor Inn & .3 mi hike to the lake.  So excited to see 2 moose.





 Definitely smoky along the Going to the Sun road



 Lunchcreek Falls



 I think this was the highlight for all of us








 Logan Pass





Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Washington Road Trip Itinerary

 


Flew CLE-DFW-BOI Twin Falls 9,074 steps

Drove to Twin Falls

Thousand Spring State Park – Malad Gorge, Niagara Springs

Perrine Bridge

Shoshone Falls


 Twin Falls 13,399 steps

Sawtooth National Forest – Ross Falls, TeePee Rocks- awful dirt road

Caldron Linn

Shoshone Falls & Dierkes Lake

Centennial Park – falls, Perrine-Coulee Falls


 Driggs 10,639 steps

Perrine-Coulee Falls

Craters of the Moon – Devils Orchard, Inferno Cone – hiked up, Spatter Cones, Snow Cones, Big Craters, Broken Tops

Grand Teton – Mormon Row, Moulton Barn, Overlooks, Oxbow Bend, Cascade Canyon


 Driggs 26.859 steps

Grand Teton

Jenny Lake to Hidden Falls & Inspiration Point – saw a moose

Signal Mountain – elk

Swan Lake to Heron Pond

Float trip – 4 eagles, 2 beavers, ducks, geese, heron


 West Yellowstone (White Buffalo) 11,258 steps

Mesa Falls lower, upper, hike to lower falls

Yellowstone – Old Faithful, Firehole Lake Dr – Great Fountain Geyser – elk, bison crossing the bridge in front of us


West Yellowstone - 32,098 steps

Yellowstone

Firehole Canyon & waterfall

Grand Prismatic boardwalk

Biscuit Basin – hike to Mystic Falls & Overlook

Old Faithful boardwalk trails, Geyser hill

West Thumb Geyser Basin – boardwalk

Kepler Cascade

Black Sand Basin

Grand Prismatic Overlook


West Yellowstone 19,614 steps

Yellowstone

Gibbon Falls

Artist Paint Pots

Virginia Cascade – fox

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone – North Rim - Lower Falls, Inspiration Point, Upper Falls, Crystal Falls, South Rim – Artist Point

Hayden Valley – 150+ bison

Sulfur Caldron, Mud Volcano

Lee Hardy Rapids


West Yellowstone 12,624 steps

Yellowstone NP

Lamar Valley – 1000’s bison, 1 coyote, 5 pronghorn

Trout Lake

Petrified tree

Wraith Falls

Undine Falls

Roosevelt Arch

Mammoth Hot Springs – 50 elk


Missoula 7,006 steps

Ousel Falls – Big Sky


Kalispell 15,367 steps

Glacier NP - Going to the Sun Road

Waterfall hike – Baring Falls, St Mary Falls, Virginia Falls - deer

Jackson Glacier overlook

Lunch Creek – 4 bighorn sheep


Kalispell 14,285 steps

Glacier NP

Logan Pass – Hidden Lake hike – 10 mountain goats – 7 right in front of us, marmots

Lunch Creek – Bighorn sheep right in front of us, hike to falls

Bird Woman Falls overlook

Heaven’s Peak

Trail of the Cedar – Avalanche Creek

Sacred Dancing Cascade

McDonald Falls


Yakima 6,187 steps

Spokane Falls


Olympia 17.277 steps

Mt Rainier NP

Sunrise Nature trail & Emmons Vista

Silver Falls

Cougar Falls

Box Canyon

Ruby Falls

Reflection Lake

Paradise– Nisqually Vista, Myrtle Falls

Narada Falls

Christine Falls


Forks 14,590 steps

Olympic NP

Hurricane Ridge – Sunrise Point

Madison Falls

Marymere Falls

Lake Crescent

Salmon Cascade

Sol Duc Falls


 Portland 13,671 steps

Olympic

Rialto Beach

Hoh Rainforest – Spruce Nature Trail, Hall of Mosses

Ruby Beach


Home 4,539

Fly PDX – DFW-CLE


3404 miles driving

4930 miles flying

228,487 steps

2085 pictures

33 named falls

Glacier Waterfalls & Trail of the Cedars hike

Roadside falls we would hike up to.





 Heaven's Peak
 Trail of the Cedars hike

 Sacred Dancing Cascade

 McDonald Falls

 Bird Woman Falls

Glacier - Lunch Creek - Big Horn Sheep & Waterfalls


First day we drove by Lunch Creek we could see big horn sheep on the rocks.


 The second day, we ran into one on our hike after lunch.


We hiked up closer to the falls there.