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Highline Trail — Glacier National Park

🚶 Walking 10 stops Free

🚶10 mapped stops

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Traverse the Continental Divide on a cliffside path carved into the Garden Wall — Glacier's most spectacular ridge walk with views into two oceans' watersheds.

Stops on This Tour (10)

  1. 1
    Logan Pass Visitor Center The Highline Trail begins at Logan Pass on the Continental Divide — 2,026 metres above sea level. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  2. 2
    Garden Wall Cliffside Within the first kilometre, the trail narrows to a shelf carved into the cliff face. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  3. 3
    Big Bend Overlook The trail rounds a massive curve in the Garden Wall. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  4. 4
    Haystack Butte The butte rises above the trail with views extending to both the Pacific and Atlantic sides of the divide. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  5. 5
    Alpine Wildflower Meadow In July and August, the meadows below the trail explode with beargrass, glacier lilies, and Indian paintbrush. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  6. 6
    Grinnell Glacier Overlook Trail Junction A spur trail climbs steeply to an overlook of Grinnell Glacier — one of Glacier's remaining 25 glaciers, down from 15... 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  7. 7
    Ahern Drift A permanent snowfield crosses the trail, often persisting into September. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  8. 8
    Granite Park Chalet The historic stone chalet, built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  9. 9
    Swiftcurrent Pass The high point of the traverse at 2,134 metres. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  10. 10
    The Loop Trailhead The trail drops through switchbacks to the Going-to-the-Sun Road at The Loop. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app

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