Sperry Chalet

After burning down several years ago the Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park re-opened this year. Along with our friends Todd and Suzanne we got lucky and got a cancellation to spend the night in August and had great weather for the trip. Here are Todd and Suzanne on the initial 6 mile hike up to the Chalet.

From the chalet this is the view of the kitchen/dining room and the view behind it. A night at the chalet includes 3 meals - our dinner was prime rib, fresh bread and lemon cake (there was some other healthy stuff in the meal, but I only remember the good stuff) After resting from the 6 mile morning hike we dropped some gear in our rooms and headed up to Sperry Glacier past the ridge in the upper right corner of this picture. Overall, for the day we hiked 13.7 miles with over 5,000 feet of elevation gain.

On the way up to the glacier, great views, cool rocks with lots of geological features (folds, faults etc)

Mountain goats are everywhere near the Chalet and they arent afraid of people.

A young one found something delicious on this rock ... it may have been salt from a tourists pee.

Climbing up to the glacier reveals some surprisingly large lakes like this one.

The view from near the glacier  - a slightly smoky day but still beautiful

Here is the gang, proof we made it up

Near the top of the glacier the trail included these very steep rock steps, fortunately for those of us who aren't mountain goats (Eric in the back), they have a cable to hang on to (the stairs, while helpful, dont meet current construction codes)

Todd and Suzanne on the rock steps

Another mountain goat on the way down.

We got to enjoy this colorful sunset on the cliffs and the burn area below the chalet

Jolie and I on the balcony of our room in the Chalet (thanks Todd/Suzanne). "GNRy" stands for Great Northern Railway

Picture of the new chalet - they did a good job making it look like the original.