Going To The Sun Road

After Whitefish Mountain and a visit to the Hungry Horse Reservoir, around 5PM we drove up Going to the Sun Road.  One of our strategies the entire trip was to take advantage of the long days and visit popular sites late in the day when the crowds were gone.

Looking back down into the valley at the base of the Going to the Sun Road.

We first drove over Logan Pass to visit St. Mary's Lake.

The "dark side", or driving west up the east side of Logan Pass.

Starting around 730PM, we decided to hike to the Hidden Lake Overpass.  A quarter mile in, the stairs were covered with snow.

Coming around the final corner, mountain goats!

We hikers had to stop and respect the goats who were hanging out on the trail.  Progress came to a halt.

GOAT SELFIE

Hidden Lake (it's hard to see in the shadows) from the overlook.

I now hike with poles......going up and down the snow I was the envy of many of the other hikers.

It was slippery going down, so we just decided to slide down on our butts.

By the time we were back to the trailhead at 9PM, we had the mountain basically to ourselves.

Big horn sheep in the Logan Pass parking lot.

Sunset looking back down the valley of Going to the Sun road

Weeping Wall, we took advantage of the water to rinse off the car.