Glacier National Park, Granite Park Chalet, Swiftcurrent Pass, Peigan Pass, Gunsight Pass, Sperry Chalet

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Sharing a journal of my backpacking trip to Glacier National Park starting the end of August through the first week in September. Right before our trip, the high elevations of the park received about 1 foot of snow, but a week later we had beautiful weather for the 8 days that we stayed in the backcountry. The trip included stays at Granite Park Chalet and Sperry Chalet. Over the 8-day trip, I hiked about 92 miles with about 67 miles with a backpack and total elevation gain of about 21,000 ft. It was an epic journey and adventure! Enjoy the pictures, which I will be providing captions, if you come along with me on this journey through my pictures of this trip.
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Left Grand Forks on Amtrak with destination Glacier National Park
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Belton Train Station near the west entrance to Glacier National Park

Start of the journey would start the next morning at Logan Pass.

Day 1 of an 8 day trip in the backcountry. Today, we would travel 7 miles from Logan Pass to Granite Park Chalet. The day would also include a 1.4 mile round trip from the Grinnell Glacier Overlook. In July, my family hiked to Grinnell Glacier below, so this was a highlight to be able to look down at the glacier. We had a great day of hiking with epic views and the start of an epic journey! Hope you enjoy the views.

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Hiking on the Highline Trail on the way to Granite Park Chalet. Narrow part with the Going to the Sun Road below.
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Hiking on the Highline Trail on the way to Granite Park Chalet.

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Highline Trail with Granite Park Chalet in the distance.
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Granite Park Chalet - front
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After supper at the Chalet, hiked up to the Grinnell Glacier Overlook. About a month previous, hiked with the family to the glacier below. Much different view from above.
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Sunset with Granite Park Chalet in the distance as we finish our hike from Grinnell Glacier Overlook.

Day 2 of an 8 day backcountry trip in the backcountry. In morning, saw a mama grizzly and two cubs near the chalet. Today would include a 4.5 mile round trip hike from Granite Park Chalet to Swiftcurrent Lookout Tower in the morning and later in the day would leave on a 9 mile solo hike from Granite Park Chalet over Swiftcurrent Pass down into the valley to Many Glacier campground. Hike would include spectacular views of the mountains, lakes and waterfalls. Saw a bull moose along the trail in the evening, but did not get a great picture. Will share a better picture of another bull moose on my hike the next day. The next day would be an 18 mile solo hike leaving Many Glacier to go over Piegan Pass and meet back up with my group.

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Looking back toward the chalet as we climbed the switchbacks up to Swiftcurrent Lookout Tower.
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Made it to Swiftcurrent Fire Lookout Tower.
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Looking west into Swiftcurrent Valley in the morning from the Fire Lookout Tower. Later in the afternoon, I would head down into the valley to the lake in the distance near Many Glacier Hotel.
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View from Swiftcurrent Pass. At 3 pm in the afternoon, I would leave my friends and start a solo hike (9 miles) from Granite Park Chalet to Many Glacier Campground.
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Walking toward the waterfalls on the way down to Many Glacier on the Swiftcurrent Trail.
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One of the beautiful lakes that I would pass on my way to Many Glacier.

Day 3 of an 8 day trip into the backcountry. Today, I will travel for a total of 18 miles with my pack before I reach camp. The pictures will take you from starting at Swiftcurrent Lake near Many Glacier Hotel to the top of Piegan Pass. I will pass through a beautiful valley seeing a bull moose, streams with views of mountains on both sides and waterfalls as I climb to the pass. This was an awesome hike with so many spectacular views. I will hike by myself today till I meet up with my group later in the day. Hope you enjoy the pictures as you follow along on this journey.

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Today, start my hike from the Many Glacier Campground toward Swiftcurrent Lake and the Many Glacier Hotel. With the trail closed on the west side of the lake added a bit more mileage for a long hike today.
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Looking across Swiftcurrent Lake from the Many Glacier Hotel. Yesterday, I walked down Swift current pass through this valley. Now I head off into the next valley.
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Lake Josephine coming into view. This lake is so exceptional for it breathtaking views. In the mountains above is Grinnell Glacier. Hiked up to Grinnell Glacier in July. Headed in a different direction today. Hike to and from Grinnell Glacier is phenomenal for views both ways to and from the Glacier.
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Bull moose along the trail near Lake Josephine.
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View of Grinnell Lake
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Walking through the valley toward Piegan Pass with stream and mountains on each side.
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Walking through the valley. Hoping to not have any close encounters with bears.
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The valley then opens up into a view of this gorgeous waterfall.
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More waterfalls as I climb out of the valley. It is warm, but the views are spectacular.
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Looking up towards Piegan Pass
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Looking back towards the valley that I came from today. I will gain over 3,000 ft of elevation through this day.
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Views looking back as I continue to climb toward the pass.
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I am having hard time picking which view to share…
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View on the other side of the pass. Now, I head down the otherside. My phone ran out of battery at this point, so this day will end at Reynold’s Creek a few miles later. This hike had great views, but no waterfalls and streams till the end.

Day 4 of an 8 day hiking in the backcountry. Today, we would hike about 7 miles from Reynolds Creek Campsite to Gunsight Lake Campsite. We would travel through the valley with mountains on each side and take a detour to Florence Falls. We would see bear scat and hear about bears from others, but would only see a couple in the far distance. Gunsight Lake is another spectacular lake surrounded by the mountains. Enjoy the picture from Gunsight Pass looking down at Lake Ellen Wilson. We hiked up to the pass in the evening to see the sunset and return in the dark for a round trip of about 7 miles and some elevation gain:) Enjoy the pictures and my journal of this epic journey.

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Tent site at Reynolds Creek campsite. Each of the campsites had an outhouse on this trip. The picture on the right is where we hang the food to keep it from the bears.

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At each of the campsites, there was a designated area for cooking and eating food. No food allowed at the tent site.
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View along the trail after leaving Reynolds Creek campsite. Really pretty start of the day.
On the way to Gunsight Lake.
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Detour to Florence Falls – worth the extra 1.2 miles. We spent some time here enjoying lunch at the falls. Later we would hear from another group that came after us where a bear came down from the top of the falls. It stood up and checked them out and then turned around and went back up the trail to the top of the falls.

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Jackson Glacier in the distance. We would find fresh huckleberries and raspberries along the trail. Very tasty!
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On the trail to Gunsight Lake which is in the distance.
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Gunsight Lake and Gunsight Pass in the distance. This is a beautiful lake surrounded by the mountains.
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Gunsight Lake looking back east toward our campsite.
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Beautiful rock layering of colors.
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Shelter at the top of Gunsight Pass.
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Gunsight Pass looking down at Lake Ellen Wilson. It will get dark soon and we have a couple miles back to the campsite.

Day 5 of an 8 day trip in the backcountry. On this day, we would travel back from Gunsight Lake as the trail was closed between Gunsight Pass and Sperry Chalet. We would need to walk back to the Going to the Sun Road and then travel to the Sperry Trailhead located near McDonald Lodge. We would have lunch at McDonald Lodge before heading up the trail to Snyder Lake where we would camp for the night. This day would be a warm day as we would not have much shade after lunch traveling through the area that had burned in the Sprague Fire in 2017 that destroyed the Sperry Chalet which was eventually rebuilt. Today's journey would be cover about 11.5 miles on the trails. Tomorrow will take us up to Sperry Chalet. Enjoying the journey!

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Beautiful morning from Gunsight Lake as the sun rises in the east.
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Gunsight Lake with lower clouds this morning.
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Bears – they are around here somewhere…
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Beaver hut in the distance with a beautiful low area around the beaver pond.
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Swing bridge across Reynolds Creek
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Cascades along Reynolds Creek
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Along the trail from McDonald Lodge to Snyder Lake.
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Arrive at Snyder Lake that is tucked up in the mountains.

Day 6 of an 8 day trip hiking in the backcountry. Today, we would leave Snyder Lake to travel back to Sperry Trail and continue our trip up the mountain to Sperry Chalet. Sperry Chalet would burn down in the 2017 Sprague fire, but has since been rebuilt and historically preserved. Tonight, we will stay in the backcountry campsite about 0.5 miles from the chalet. This campsite was is in my top five best campsites based on its location and view. We will eat supper of a four course meal at the dining hall near the chalet. We would see several mountain goats up close around the chalet buildings. Overall hiking today was about 10 miles. Tomorrow, we will check into the chalet and hike up to Sperry Glacier. Enjoying the epic journey.

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View on Sperry Trail coming from Synder Lake. Still see the devastation from the 2017 Sprague Fire.
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Hiking along the Sperry Trail on the way to Sperry Chalet. Not much shade as we continue hike up to the chalet.
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Horse supply train on its way back from Sperry Chalet. They make this trip twice a week. There is no electricity at Sperry Chalet, so they use propane for cooking, running refrigerators, and lighting.

View from our campsite. We are staying in the backcountry campsite near Sperry Chalet tonight. This is one of the most spectacular campsites that I have stayed at in my travels in the backcountry. View of Lake McDonald in the distance below.
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There were many mountain goats around the chalet. We needed to be careful not to leave our gear laying out, otherwise they may take it up the mountain or chew on it.
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Another view of our campsite near Sperry Chalet which had a spectacular view.
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Below is the dining hall near the chalet. I made arrangements before the trip to have our supper and breakfast at the chalet even though we were staying in the campground nearby.

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Dining hall at the chalet. They served supper at 7 pm and as people lined up, the mountain goats were coming down from the mountain as well as they seemed to know what time it was.
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Our meal tonight was a treat after eating freeze-dried meals in the backcountry. We had four courses being salad, soup, entrée, and dessert.
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After supper, hiked up to Lincoln Pass and part way up to the peak of Lincoln Mountain. The lake in the distance is Lake Ellen Wilson with a waterfall cascading down from the lake. Two days previous, I had taken a picture of Lake Ellen Wilson from Gunsight pass. The trail to Lake Ellen Wilson was closed when we were at Gunsight Pass due to bears otherwise our hope would have been to camp at Lake Ellen Wilson the previous night.

Day 7 of an 8 day trip into the backcountry. Today, we would have breakfast at the Sperry Chalet dining hall, then head back to the Sperry Campground to take down camp as we would be staying in the chalet dormitory tonight. We would leave our main packs at the dining hall and planned to go up to Comeau Pass then to Sperry Glacier in the morning. We would come back for a late lunch at the dining hall before checking into Sperry Chalet. After checking in, we would relax at a nearby stream and hang out on the balcony of the chalet. In the evening, we would eat another wonderful meal at the chalet. In the evening near sunset, they would have a hot drink bar of coffee, tea, and hot chocolate along with any left over desserts from the meal the night before. We did make another trip to Lincoln Pass for the sunset, before coming back for some hot chocolate. Nearing the end of this awesome trip!

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Another view from our amazing backcountry campsite at Sperry Campground.
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Dining Hall at Sperry Chalet – check out the old mailbox – still send mail down with the pack horses. We had lunch twice at here and they served amazing grilled cheese sandwiches with your choice of meat. Lemonade was the choice of drink here. Sperry Chalet had running water at the dining hall.

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Picture of the trail as we progress toward Comeau pass on our way to Sperry Glacier.
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Another view looking west near Comeau Pass. Check out the rock layers on the right.
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Looking back east up to Comeau Pass. Passing some small lakes on the way up to Sperry Glacier.
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Looking down to the west above a small alpine lake.
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Check out these rock formations and layering.
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Check out the small crevasse in the rock above which leads to the pass. It was blasted out of the rock over 100 years ago.
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Closer view of the rock steps leading up the top of Comeau Pass.
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View looking east from the top of Comeau Pass.

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Sperry Glacier – or pieces of it. Pictures from the past show the glacier spreading across this whole area in the past. There were other areas of substantial portions of the glacier.
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Looking east from Comeau Pass. If I ever come back to this area, I would love to trek to the far side where the green area is called Floral Park and further down to look down into Avalanche Lake from the top. It would be an epic off-trail experience.


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Panoramic of the area showing some of the other glacier areas and a beautiful view of the mountains to the east.
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More of the Sperry Glacier above.
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Sperry Chalet dormitory – this is where would stay tonight. The dormitory burned in 2017 with only the walls left standing. The building was restored and completed in 2020. Our understanding is that from people that stayed here before the fire, they did an amazing job of restoring it to its original layout.
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When we checked in, we were told that we have one of the best rooms in the chalet. Upper floor looking out towards Lake McDonald in the valley below. We were blessed with amazing views.
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View of the chalet dormitory. Our room was on the second level with the balcony.
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This is what I call a fancy pit toilet at the Sperry Chalet. They did have two sinks with running water for brushing teeth, etc. No showers at the chalet. No flushing toilet, just a very nice pit toilet. Talking with staff later in the day, all the human waste “poop” from the facility at the end of the season is placed in barrels and hauled out by helicopter.

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View of the pond near the Sperry Campground on the way back in the evening from Lincoln Pass. Check out the moon in the horizon.

Final day of an 8 day trip into the backcountry. Today, we hike the 6.5 miles down the mountain to Lake McDonald. After we finished the hike, we would drive the Going to Sun Road to Apgar and, then to West Glacier. Spent the rest of the day doing a little shopping and packing up to leave on the train in the morning. Included a few pictures and videos leaving on the train in the morning to head home. It has been an awesome trip with wonderful weather. Thanks for tagging along as I journaled this epic journey!



Thanks for coming along on this journey!
 

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Enjoyed coming along on your journey. It's a reminder to revisit Glacier as it's been too long, and we live only 4 hours to the north.
 
Really enjoyed your trip report and photos! Thanks for posting! Yes Glacier NP is really special!
 
What a wonderful trip!!!!! Those bears around Lake Ellen Wilson added quite a few miles to you week, but so glad you made it work. Absolutely loved the photo from Lincoln Peak, of Beaver Chief Falls falling out of Ellen Wilson.
 
What a wonderful trip!!!!! Those bears around Lake Ellen Wilson added quite a few miles to you week, but so glad you made it work. Absolutely loved the photo from Lincoln Peak, of Beaver Chief Falls falling out of Ellen Wilson.
Yeah, as we hiked out of Gunsight Lake, I received a message later that afternoon that they opened the trail to Lake Ellen Wilson all the way to Lincoln Pass. When we picked up our permit we had to decided to stay the second night at Gunsight Lake and risk having a very long day, if it did not open or break it up a bit and be closer to Sperry by staying at Snyder Lake. We ended up taking the less risky option and it worked out getting a really fantastic campsite at Sperry Campground getting there earlier. We were able to have meals at Sperry Chalet two evenings which was awesome.
 
Glacier looks awesome

I really like the closeup of Comeau Pass, that would be a fun day
 
Thanks for sharing your story and the beautiful pictures! I've told the wife we are going back in the next few years.
 
Your first two days bring back wonderful memories for me! In July 2011, before we started backpacking, we hiked up to Granite Park Chalet and had our first ever experience sleeping far away from the car and eating dehydrated meals. We left our car at Many Glacier, took shuttles to Logan Pass, hiked the Highline Trail to Granite Park Chalet, did an out-and-back to the Grinnell Glacier Overlook, hiked the next day to Swiftcurrent Lookout, and then hiked down down down to Many Glacier. What a fabulous adventure that was for us - and such gorgeous scenery. Thanks for reminding me about that and for sharing the other wonderful days on your trip!
 
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