Planned route - Leg 6, Going-to-the-Sun

Leg 6 is the beginning of the real journey. Here I say goodbye to Linda, my mother in-law and sister and brother in-law (living in Pincher Creek) and head south toward what is said to be one of the most scenic highways in North America.

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I head south to Waterton Park and then cross the US border and connect with the “Going-to-the-Sun Hwy” through Glacier National Park. This road crosses the famous Logan Pass at an altitude of over 6,600 feet. Then its down the western slope and through Whitefish, Montana before heading back north to Canadian soil south of Elko, on the Crowsnest Hwy.

I’m planning to take a short side trip off of Hwy 3, up through Kimberly; an area I used to travel through on sales trips monthly. If the trek over Logan Pass took more time or energy than expected, I may cut this segment out and proceed directly through Cranbrook and onto Creston where I’ll spend the night with one of Linda’s aunts.

This leg is about 620 km or 7:40 hours ride time.