Trail to Sperry Chalet

Glacier National Park, Montana

First day of fall so time for another trip to the Glacier backcountry. Matt from my Air Force past flew up to join me on this adventure, so off from Missoula to Glacier we went.  Got a great permit from the backcountry office, helped that there are so few folks out in the park right now. Fall colors and views started early as we climbed towards Sperry Chalet.

For one of the few times ever I got ahead of Matt on the trail and he was having to keep up with me. I liked this change as he is normally much faster than me on the trail.

Lots of weird mushrooms all along the trail. I liked looking at them all but this one was so big that I could have put a salad plate on top of it. Then 10 feet away was a group of really small mushrooms all fighting for the same inch of ground. Can't tell how different the sizes are from the pictures I took. I really need to learn more about these neat plants.

Just a little before sunset we passer the closed up and winterized Chalet complex that was built by the Great Northern Railroad to house early visitors to the park. Great old buildings that we walked around for a bit prior to getting the last 1/4 mile to out campsite. Would love to stay at the Chalet some day. I think Geri would like it. We ended the day looking at the stars and saw loots of shooting stars. A good start to the week.