On our way home, we had decided to visit Glacier National Park in NW Montana. Once, when the kids were little, we had driven through the Park, but we hadn't seen all that much and with massive snowbanks still at Logan Pass, we didn't do any hiking that visit.Following one of the fastest border crossings we've had lately and a food resupply, we arrived at the eastern park gate only to discover that the Logan Pass road was to be closed for the season at midnight. This was a bit of a surprise as we thought it kind of early in the season for the closer. This kind of forced us to decide right away that we would cross Logan Pass right away and try some hiking on the west side of the Park. We discovered along our way that the real reason for the road closure was all the construction going on, road repairs, paving, etc.
We spent 2 nights in about the only campground that was open, very near West Glacier. We hiked a few of the short trails, enjoyed the nice weather, did a small bit of biking and spent a couple of hours in Columbia Falls replacing the fuel pump which had just started to leak. That's why I always carry a good selection of tools....
The we wanted to hike, however, were well east of the construction barricades and so were mostly impossible for us on this trip. We were somewhat astonished with the amount of treed parkland that had been destroyed by a big forest fire a few years ago. Anyhow, once the road closed, traffic became much quieter. We did a few hikes and then moved on, heading west and home.
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