Highline Trail (Glacier National Park)
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The Highline Trail is a scenic hiking trail in Glacier National Park,
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. The trail stretches from
Logan Pass Logan Pass (elevation ) is located along the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is the highest point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The pass is named after Major William R. Logan, the first superintendent ...
to
Granite Park Chalet Granite Park Chalet is located in the heart of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana at an elevation of 6,693 feet above sea level. The chalet was built in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway and is a National Historic Landmark contr ...
, and continues another from there to Fifty Mountain Campground. The trail follows the
Garden Wall The Garden Wall is a steep alpine area within Glacier National Park well known during the summer months to be heavily covered in dozens of species of flowering plants and shrubs. Located along the west side of the Continental divide and extending ...
ridge and the continental divide for most of its length. The trail offers scenic views of glaciated
U-shaped valley U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation in particular. They have a characteristic U shape in cross-section, with steep, straight s ...
s. A round trip side trail takes hikers up the side of the Garden Wall to an overlook to
Grinnell Glacier Grinnell Glacier is in the heart of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is named for George Bird Grinnell, an early American conservationist and explorer, who was also a strong advocate of ensuring the creation of Glac ...
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* * Protected areas of Flathead County, Montana Glacier National Park (U.S.) Hiking trails in Montana Going-to-the-Sun Road {{FlatheadCountyMT-geo-stub