This morning, we got up at 7AM and tried to be at Logon Pass at 8AM, and to hike the famous Highland Trail. However, when we got there a little before 8AM, the parking was full and we could not even find a parking spot in nearby area. Therefore, we decided to change the plan to visit the Tow Medicine area.
On the way passing the Sunrift Gorge Overlook area, we saw a parking spot, so we took it and hiked to see the Sunrift Gorge Falls. On the way back we saw the Baring Creek Falls junction, so we hiked to visit the Baring Creek Falls.
After that we drove to Two Medicine area and got some info at the entrance about the nearby easy Running Eagle Falls Trail. So we got on it and visited the Running Eagle Falls and then the natural walking area.
There is no visitor center in this area, only a Ranger Station. We got some info from the ranger about the area. She recommended to hike the Aster Creek. At this time, it was raining again, so we had to visit the Two Medicine General Store to wait for the rain to die down. After that, we hike to Paradise Points to view the Two Medicine Lake.
Then we got on the Aster Creek Trail to visit the Aster Falls.
On our way back we decided to try the Aster Park Overlook Trail to reach the Aster Park Overlook area. Turnout it was a 4 miles round trip with difficult level at 5.56(rated by NP). But the view on the top is just breathtaking.
We got back to parking lot about 3PM and drove back to St Mary Village by 4PM. Since there is still some day light, we decided to drive to St Mary Falls Trailhead to try our luck about finding a parking spot. Luckily, we found one and we decided to try it.
Our intention was to visit St Mary Falls and the Virginia Falls on the same hike. It was about 0.9 miles with difficult level 2.13 to St Mary Falls, and it is beautiful and we enjoyed it very much.
Then we tried to hike further to Virginia Falls. After a while we came to this beautiful falls, however, there is no sign to tell the name of the falls. We asked other visitors there, and they were not sure and thought it might be the Virginia Falls. We stayed there for quite a while and took a lot of photos.
When we ready to leave, there were some other visitors coming down from the trial, Fei just asked them to see if they know the name of the falls we were at. Then they told us that this is not Virginia Falls. Virginia Falls is further down the trail and it is much bigger and more beautiful than this one. Therefore, we decided to head to the Virginia Falls. The remaining trail to Virginia Falls is rated with difficult level 4.65. So it took us a little bit longer at this hours of the day to reach Virginia Falls. Once we got there, it was amazing and totally worth the extra effort to hike to it. We got a lot more Kodak moments there.
After that it was almost 7PM, we had to hurry to get back to the trail and try to come back to parking lot when there was still some sunlight.
When we got back to hotel, it was past 8PM and we just grabbed some more instant ramen and ate in hotel room.
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