Garden Wall, Dawn

Garden Wall, Dawn

From Point 8479, this is part of Glacier National Park's Garden Wall, a knife-edge ridge on the Continental Divide and which leads to Mount Gould. From this vantage point, as you can see, there are excellent views of Upper Grinnell Lake, Grinnell Glacier, Salamander Glacier, and Gem Glacier. And what looks like fog below and right of the ridge is actually a smoke inversion caused by the 2003 fires. From the porch at Granite Park Chalet at night, we could see the flames in the valleys below. This was both spectacular and ominous. Glacier National Park, Montana--August 2003 "Sea of clouds trapped naturally by a mountain dam" by SP member eric b. I like that. Very much. Thanks, Eric.
Bob Sihler
on Sep 4, 2006 5:02 pm
Image Type(s): Scenery
Image ID: 222388

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Bob Sihler

Bob Sihler - Sep 29, 2014 12:16 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Glacier

Thank you!

MDBajzer - Mar 5, 2019 11:34 am - Hasn't voted

Logistics

I'm planning on doing this hike this summer. How early did you have to leave in order to get here by dawn??? What was hiking through the night like?

Bob Sihler

Bob Sihler - Mar 5, 2019 11:52 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Logistics

I stayed overnight at Granite Park Chalet, so it wasn't a problem getting up here by dawn.

If you hike in by night, which I'd be wary of due to the grizzlies unless you're in a group of three or more, you'd need to plan for at least four hours from Logan Pass or at least three from the Loop. The hiking is mostly easy from Logan, but it's steep from the Loop.

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