Hike To The Granite Park Chalet

If you are planning an early season trip into granite park chalet be sure to check the trail status online or at a park visitor center.

Hike to the granite park chalet.

The staff was amazing and we met the nicest people. The opening of this trail depends on the weather and snow conditions for any given year. The only downside to our hike to granite park chalet was that the highline trail was closed and we had to hike up the loop trail. Whether you want to just check the chalet out on a day hike or if you d like to spend.

The high line trail runs from the logan pass visitors center to the loop trail head along the garden wall. This is a pretty popular hike so don t feel the need to bring every single survival item. Hiking no shade rocky. The trail in very narrow in some places with steep.

There were tons of people the day. But glacier s highline loop trail is much different. Elevation gain in 4 5 miles versus 800 ft. Before reaching the chalet there is another route that backtracks and has a pretty intense incline to a notch which overlooks grinnell glacier.

Great wildflowers in july. After granite park chalet the trail drops 2 200 feet in 4 miles to the loop trail head. Great view at the top. Our stay at the chalet was chilly and stormy but we loved it.

Join a 3 day backcountry hut hike to granite park chalet in glacier national park see glacier s star studded skies no heavy pack required. October 25 2017. The trail leads directly to granite park chalet and it can be seen from quite a distance while hiking. The first 7 6 miles of the trail in easy with gradual elevation climb.

This trail leads to some amazing panoramic views of the mountain peaks. My wife and i hiked this trail in aug. The hike to the granite park chalet is 7 6 miles and the highline trail only climbs 200 feet. The granite park chalet is nestled on a rocky hillside just north of mount gould.

Expect heavy traffic and be early if you plan to park at the visitors center. From start to finish it s a non stop jaw drop. This is the shortest trail to granite park chalet. In 7 5 on the highline.

It s over 2 400 ft. Granite park chalet information. Granite park chalet was built in 1914 and 1915 by the great northern railway to provide comfortable back country accommodations inside glacier national park. 8 year old kids did fine.

I did this trail on june 23 2020 when the. Highline was still closed so we took this trail to granite park chalet and spent the night. We hiked the highline trail to granite park chalet. Highline loop trail hiking to granite park chalet.

The trailhead to get to the chalet begins at logan pass on the going to the sun road and you take the highline trail to reach it. The climb although tiring is well worth the view from the top. It was filling up fast see below for a tip. It was the last of the chalets built by the railroad and one of the only two back country chalets that have survived.