Our second day in the park. Highline Trail has been closed the last couple of days for excessive bear activity. The Bears are getting ready for hibernation and eating everything they can find. We get to the park and the ranger at the front gate tells us that the trail is open again, although the closed signs are still hanging at The Loop trailhead will we get there at 8 a.m. Luke goes straight up for over three and a half miles and 3000 feet in elevation, ending at the Granite Park Chalet. We are all alone on this challenging trail with plenty of fresh evidence of recent bear crossings. We push upward making as much noise as we possibly can. Near the top we rewarded with a better straight out of Heidi, and the matching vintage Chalet perched precariously on the top of the mountain. The views are WOW (think Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
We eat half for lunch at the Chalet, and Mandy is surprised that anything could rival our picnic on the glacier the day before.
The next 7 and a half miles to Logan pass is some of the craziest hiking you can imagine. Paths only 1 to 2 feet wide with sheer drop offs of thousands of feet. You feel like you're on the edge of the Earth, because you are. We take hundreds of pictures, but none do justice to the enormity of it all.
Back in Whitefish, we have dinner at the Tupelo Grill, another great dining experience. Bison meatballs, elk sliders, an incredible roasted cauliflower dish and some of the best heirloom tomatoes we've had.
We go to bed sore, buzzy and happy.
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