Glacier NP — Logan Pass, Hidden Lake Trailhead

This camera looks out near Logan Pass, the high point of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, Montana, at 6,646 feet on the Continental Divide. Glacier is a landscape of glacier-carved peaks, hanging valleys, alpine meadows, and turquoise lakes — often called the "Crown of the Continent." Logan Pass sits at the heart of it, surrounded by towering summits and, in summer, meadows of wildflowers crossed by mountain goats and bighorn sheep. The pass is only accessible for a short season — the Going-to-the-Sun Road typically opens in late June or July, once crews clear up to 80 feet of accumulated snow, and closes again with the first heavy autumn snows. So the camera shows a dramatic swing from deep alpine snowpack to brief, brilliant summer meadows and back. Wildlife is most active at dawn and dusk. Montana is on Mountain Time, three hours behind Hawaii. Logan Pass is the trailhead for the Hidden Lake Overlook and the Highline Trail, two of the park's most beloved hikes. The park's namesake glaciers have shrunk dramatically and are studied as climate indicators. Lake McDonald, Many Glacier, and St. Mary anchor the park's other corners, but Logan Pass is its alpine crossroads.