The Loop To Granite Chalet Hike Glacier

The highline trail was gorgeous well worth the time and effort.

The loop to granite chalet hike glacier.

Saw rams 15 minutes into the hike. Left logan pass at 6 45 am. The first 7 6 miles of the trail in easy with gradual elevation climb. If you are planning an early season trip into granite park chalet be sure to check the trail status online or at a park visitor center.

The loop trail in glacier national park is a popular trail due to being a cut off of sorts for people doing a day hike on the highline trail generally hikers hike the highline trail beginning at logan pass to the granite park chalet. Hiking to the loop. The opening of this trail depends on the weather and snow conditions for any given year. The hike from granite park chalet to the loop is about.

1 mile to the top. Really really tough hike to the top but worth the effort. Hiking the loop trail to the granite park chalet in glacier national park is a challenging hike. After granite park chalet the trail drops 2 200 feet in 4 miles to the loop trail head.

Hiking the highline trail in glacier national park from logan pass to haystack pass is an alpine lover s dream. This is the shortest trail to granite park chalet. Experience firsthand the effects of the 2003 fires. Whether you want to just check the chalet out on a day hike or if you d like to spend.

This part of the hike is a steep downhill walk in and out of a forest. Did grinnell glacier overlook. The trailhead to get to the chalet begins at logan pass on the going to the sun road and you take the highline trail to reach it. From the granite park chalet it is a 4 mile hike to get to the loop.

That should be a total of 12 8 miles. The high line trail runs from the logan pass visitors center to the loop trail head along the garden wall. Expect heavy traffic and be early if you plan to park at the visitors center. The hike to the granite park chalet is 7 6 miles and the highline trail only climbs 200 feet.

Very very windy and cold at top so prepare accordingly. With an elevation gain of 2 663 feet over the 4 2 miles of t. Since due to the pandemic there is no shuttle service my hiking partner hitchhiked back up from the loop to logan pass where the car was parked and i waited for her to drive the car back. The trail in very narrow in some places with steep.

The first part of this trail is through a shady cool forest. We hiked down to the loop. However my gps reported a total distance of exactly 15 miles. Officially i hiked 7 6 miles from logan pass to granite park chalet plus a 1 2 mile side trip to glacier overlook plus 4 miles from the chalet to the loop.