Training Log Archive: kweinmann

Last day of vacation before heading back to Pittsburgh tomorrow :(. We were going to do an 18 mile loop hike today, but unfortunately the beginning section of the trail was closed due to bear activity. We decided to just do the first section of the loop in the other direction, up to the first pass. It was still like 15.5 miles total, but it was cloudy so the view at the top was underwhelming. Probably a good thing we didn't end up doing the full loop, since we wouldn't have been able to see much besides fog anyway, plus I didn't really want to encounter a bear...

This was the easy day of vacation, with a measly 11 mile hike with only ~2500 ft of elevation gain (but 3500 ft loss, which I think is worse). This was a revisit of the accidental 15 mile adventure we had last time at Glacier, except this time we did it as a through hike so it was shorter. I was not too happy when my sister picked this hike because of the bad memories, but it actually turned out to be a really nice, scenic hike. I remembered a few bits from last time, but most of it seemed mostly new. The way down felt long, so I can't even imagine how I made it as an 8-year-old child who hiked 15 miles on just trail mix...