K. and I drove to Logan's Pass (Glacier National Park, Montan) today with the Chinook outdoor club. Our goal was to hike the highline trail from the pass and climb haystack butte, a minor feature that juts up a just few hundred feet from the trailc with airy views unfolding in the expanses of space in the deep valley below. Plan was aborted! Not only was it raining and cold (4 C), it was so windy that the rain was hitting you horizontally! We decided to hike to red eagle lake near the edge of the park to get out of the rain.
There were interesting views along the trail, very Blair Witch-esque through the remnants of the forest fire from a few years back.
The grasses and wildflowers were turning fall colours. We heard lots of elks bugling in the morning and saw a bald eagle near the start of the day. The 1913 ranger cabin looked interesting but it was all boarded up.
We hiked from 10:30 to 3:30 but never made it to the lake (we turned around at the bridge crossing).
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