Day 2 - Siyeh Pass

On Sunday we hiked over Siyeh Pass.

"One of the best point to point hikes in the park. Over a high elevation saddle with glaciers and alpine tundra flowers, Siyeh Pass loops 10.5 miles from Siyeh Bend on Going-To-The-Sun Road to Baring Creek. The trail wanders through Preston Park, with one of the most colorful collections of wildflowers as it circumnavigates Going-To-The-Sun Mountain. Piegan and Old Sun Glaciers gleam in the sun, and bighorn sheep often browse in the upper slopes."

"Siyeh Pass is accessed via the Piegan Pass trailhead which is located at the Siyeh Bend on the Going-to-the-Sun Road - 15 miles west of St Mary and 3 miles east of Logan Pass. Of the more than 700 miles of trail in the park, few can beat the climb to Siyeh Pass, an area that boasts some of the Park's most dramatic mountain landscapes."

We saw a wolverine as we were approaching the pass. There was a couple hiking about a hundred yards ahead of us, and we saw them pointing at something, and we looked over and saw a big animal loping away from us. It was about two hundred yards away when we saw it, but the couple ahead of us saw it at much closer range, and clearly saw the racoon faced head. There are apparently about 45 wolverines in the park, and seeing one is very unusual.

We also saw mountain goats sunning on a ledge and a couple of birds -- maybe ptarmigans?

This was a "strenuous" hike. We were nicely tired at the end of the hike. The trekking poles are very nice on the downhills of the hikes (I'm not using them going up), and when the wind is howling and blowing hard enough to knock you over.