The 6 of us who stayed in east glacier last night got a ride in the morning with some PCT trail angel legends. Scout and Frodo shuttle hundreds of hikers to the start of the PCT. This year Scout is hiking and Frodo is section hiking the CDT. They were also flipping up from Colorado and had agreed to give us a ride to the border.
The a CDT has two official terminus in glacier. The main one is in Canada at Waterton. Unfortunately due to very bad snow and ice on passes to get out of there it is not hike-able. The alternative terminus is at Chief mountain at the Canadian border. Since I didn't have to cross into Canada I didn't need my passport which was nice.
The hike from the border was as spectacular as I remembered Glacier to be. The hike was fairly easy with the only difficult part being going over a pass. It was almost completely clear of snow which was nice. When we got to the top of the pass we just sat there for an hour waiting for everyone to catch up. It was extremely windy up there but the day was warm so it was just the right mix of cold and hot to be comfortable. Axel took off his gloves and set them down for a moment and they promptly blew off the mountain. He eventually recovered them but we had to wait an hour while he went and got them. There was a nice snow field by where we were waiting and we practiced self attesting, and sliding with our ice axes.
We eventually got to our camp spot for the night which was your typical Glacier camp spot next to a crystal clear blue lake.
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