Our first full day in GNP and we woke up at 4:30am. While terribly painful to wake that early, we read that it was a MUST to get a parking spot at Logan Pass. Staying on the east side of the park meant we were slightly closer to the Logan Pass area than those who were planning to drive all the way from the west entrance. We drank our coffee and packed the car with our cooler, lunch items, and day hiking packs. Sunrise was at 5:30am and that’s exactly when we were headed out to Logan Pass from the cabin. It took us 25 minutes to get there and we arrived around 6am with our choice of a parking spot. While pulling into the lot we saw plenty of big horned sheep in and near the lot. It seemed like everyone had the same idea to get to the spot, eat some breakfast, use the bathroom, and go on their hike. By 6:30am there were no spots left. After eating breakfast and putting on our hiking boots, we headed out to the Highline Trail. The whole trail itself is a beast (for us) so we decided to only hike 4 miles in and then turn around, have lunch at the car, and then do another hike from the Logan Pass area. Bear spray in hand, we trekked along with very terrifying trail. If you are very afraid of heights you might reconsider this one. One plus to hiking in the early hours is that the sun isn’t scorching your skin – it’s nice and cool. We saw many people on the trail so we felt safe enough that we weren’t going to get eaten by a grizzly. By the time we made it to the 4 mile mark at the Haystack Butte the sun was where it could find us and we were glad we each brought a Kafka’s Kool Tie with us. They are neckwear you wet and then wear around your neck to keep you cool all day. When we got back to the car we had our pb&j lunch. From there we decided to hike the Hidden Lake trail. We learned that the trail was closed at the large overlook due to bear activity at the Hidden Lake. We were surprised to see plenty of snow on the trail and I barely stayed on my own two feet in some spots. It was a complete slip and slide in some areas! On our way up to the overlook we saw a mountain goat who looked like he was losing some of his winter coat. We saw a lady, with an Iowa hat on, who told us that there was a grizzly bear down in Hidden Lake fishing so we booked it to the overlook where plenty of people were pointing and looking down at the lake at the bear. While you could see him with your naked eye – we brought out our binoculars. We were some of the only people who brought our binoculars and we are really glad we did – we were able to see the grizzly fishing down below in Hidden Lake. We stayed long enough to see 3 more grizzly bears swimming and splashing in the water. After returning to the car, we called it a day and drove out of the east entrance to eat a nearby restaurant, Rising Sun Pizza. We shared cheese sticks and a St. Mary Margarita pizza. We came back to the cabin just in time to chat it up with the head of security for the Rising Sun area and he told us that when we graduate college to call him and we can come work out here for a whole summer. Haha!