Swinging Bridge and Kootenai Falls

We stopped to hike the Swinging Bridge and Kootenai Falls trails in Kootenai National Forest west of Libby Montana. This was a 1.8 mile round trip hike with about 160 ft of loss/gain. Gorgeous views and wildflowers. The Swinging Bridge and views of the Kootenai River from the bridge

zoom view heading upriver along the Kootenai

View of Kootenai Falls, with zooms of different sections

More views along the Kootenai River here

Bridge that crosses the RR Tracks on the way back to the trailhead

some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today

Rocky Point

This morning we drove to the Rocky Point/Lake McDonald Trail trailhead at Fish Creek to hike part way (about 2 miles) along the Lake McDonald Trail and return via the Rocky Point Trail, overall 4 miles/400 ft gain. Last night the snow level came down to Kalispell, but it was quickly melting as we drove up to Glacier National Park. Some snow on the bridge crossing Fish Creek near the start of the trail.

view of Fish Creek at the bridge

We had a few glimpses of Lake MacDonald along the Lake McDonald Trail (it was mostly forested), we could see the clouds were mostly covering the mountains

About 2 miles up the trail, we found a side trail to the lakeshore and could see the clouds were beginning to lift, a good time to turn back to Rocky Point

Near Rocky oOint

Views as we walked around Rocky Point looking across Lake McDonald

some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today: