The bus wasn't allowed to enter the park itself so we had to take a shuttle. There was still smoke in the air and as we were driven up the single road through the park there was plenty of evidence of recent fires.
At the top of Logan's Pass we saw our first large wildlife.
After Logan's PAss the air quality improved with mist replacing the smoke but whilst it was easier to breath, there was little to see until the mist was burnt off by the sun. It was a dramatic route through the mountains until we reached Avalanche Creek where we changed shuttles to be joined by a group of Amish in traditional clothes.
The last leg of the journey was through forest alongside a lake but the trees were too thick to get much of a view of the lake.
The end of the line was Apgar where there was lake activities to try. Sigi and Lisa went paddling on the lake.
Paola and I returned to Avalanche Creek for a walk up to Avalanche Lake.
On the return trip the mist had blown away and we got some better views of the mountains and valleys but they didn't come out very well on photos.
Bird Women Falls sign...just such a great name.
We were on a modern shuttle but more traditional shuttles are available starting at USD60 for a short ride.
On the camp side of Logan's Pass there was still a lot of smoke. The two separate forest fires had consumed 11,000 hectares on the edge of the park and another 4,000 hectares within the park. There was an estimated 500 hectares burnt overnight.
As we descended we could see a new fire that had started near the lake not far from a campsite and the associated infrastructure facilities and a helicopter was scooping water out of the lake and dumping it on the fire just a few hundred metres from the road.
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