3 day attack on Skyline Experience and Floral Park Route
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:14 pm
Looking for some insight into a sticky bit of logistics I'm running into on a lightning trip I'm planning from MN to GNP this August. I was only able to secure a hiking buddy on the condition that we'd be gone no more than three days, so I now have a partner with whom I plan to leave from MN between 1 and 3 PM, putting us in St. Mary's at between 6 and 8 AM the next morning. We will then need to be back in MN by 4:00 in the afternoon after two full days of hiking (another overnight drive beginning around 8:00 or 9:00 PM).
I plan to do Floral Park from Logan Pass to McDonald and the Skyline Experience as a loop from Many Glacier. It seems to me that doing the Floral Park route first would be best since then we'd be on the proper side of the park for heading home after the Skyline Experience. The question, then, is where we could possibly camp on the east side of the park (preferably near Many Glacier) after we finish the Floral Park route late in the evening of day 1?
The Many Glacier campground will certainly be filled up by then. Are there any other options?
Thanks for any insight you all may have!
I plan to do Floral Park from Logan Pass to McDonald and the Skyline Experience as a loop from Many Glacier. It seems to me that doing the Floral Park route first would be best since then we'd be on the proper side of the park for heading home after the Skyline Experience. The question, then, is where we could possibly camp on the east side of the park (preferably near Many Glacier) after we finish the Floral Park route late in the evening of day 1?
The Many Glacier campground will certainly be filled up by then. Are there any other options?
Thanks for any insight you all may have!