GT Imagery: Logan Pass, Going-To-The-Sun Road, Glacier National Park

As you have likely seen from my other post, Glacier National Park is a gorgeous place. Today we We will take a look at the Logan Pass Area along the Going-To-The-Sun Road.

This mountain goat was only a few feet from me while I was taking photos from the side of the road.

Meet my friend the mountain goat. This little guy was nibbling on small rocks and licking the salt covered blacktop of a pull out near the top of Logan Pass. He was causing quite the stop in traffic. The vehicles coming up the mountain all wanted to get a photo of the mountain goat. There was a long line of cars basically stopped. I found out later that there was also road construction going on that caused us wait for about 20-25 minutes.

I was taking some photos of the mountain goat from only a few feet away and he was ignoring me. The problem is he was not up for giving me a good pose. So I decided to ignore him and take a bunch of other photos of the area. You will be able to see some of them further on in this post. The goat finally finished his mineral rich meal and headed down the mountain side. I then got a few good shots of him. The one above is one of them.

While on our adventure through logan pass we also saw rocky mountain bighorn sheep. I was not able to get a photo of the bighorn because they were so far away. I had to borrow a stranger's binoculars to barely see then on the side of one of the mountains. Maybe next time...

These next few photos are from the east side of Logan Pass. You will see photos from both sides of the pass and from right on top of the pass.

5 photo panorama - The mountains and area around Logan Pass are steep and green. Waterfalls can be seen every and at every turn. The emerald green of scenery can seem unreal. I could easily spend a month there exploring and taking photos.

These next six photos are taken from the area just west of Saint Mary Lake. These are the views from the road. Just think if you hiked around there!

7 photo panorama - looking up Saint Mary River Canyon, west of Saint Mary Lake.

A waterfall cascading down into Saint Mary River Canyon

Mountain along the Saint Mary River Canyon

5 photo panorama - Going-To-The-Sun Mountain

This next group of photos is taken at Siyeh Bend along the Going-To-The-Sun Road. There is a trail that goes off here but we will have to come back someday. it is amazing how wet this place can be.

Moss and other plants near a stream and small waterfall. The ground here was highly saturated and soggy.

Waterfall coming down the mountain and through a glacier near Siyeh Bend.

Landscape from Siyeh Bend

Siyeh Creek at Siyeh Bend. There is big glacier just upstream that this roaring creek goes through. I do not have a photo of it.

Wild flowers along the mountainside at Siyeh Bend

The following three photos are taken between Siyeh Bend and The Top of Logan Pass

5 photo panorama - Logan Pass and Reynolds Creek Going-to-the-Sun Road Glacier National Park

6 photo panorama - West side of Logan Pass with Reynolds Creek (Reynolds Mountain and Clements Mountain)

Here we are at the top of Logan Pass. There is a Visitor Center at the top of the pass so, as you can see, many people stop and take a walk around here.

27 photo panorama - Top of Logan Pass, Meadows, Trees, Glaciers and Mountains. Mount Oberlin, Clements Mountain, Reynolds Mountain

6 photo panorama - Top of Logan Pass looking east

Ground squirrel at the top of Logan Pass

This last group of photos was taken on the east side of Logan Pass. Again you can see our friend the mountain goat. You can also see a few small glaciers right by the road. This group will end with a panorama I took while we were waiting to go through the construction zone.