Going North: Glacier National Park
Valley containing US Highway 2, near Marias Pass, view toward the east It is late in the day. Headwinds have been stronger than forecast. Surprisingly we cannot get fuel in Havre City, MT. The fuel trucks of the airport are all lined up, but there is nobody to pump. So we fly back east to the small airport of Chinook, MT, that we passed 20 min ago. We have been told that the airport installed self-service two weeks ago. We fill the tanks assisted by the friendly FBO, fly west again into the strong headwind, and now approach the mountains hiding our destination, Kalispell, MT. Thunderstorms rage southwest over the mountains, but the intended route, which via US Hwy 2 is to lead us from East Glacier Park to Kalispell, has only light rain. We intend to hug the road and fly low due to clouds 3,000 ft AGL. For guidance, we have added the route to the Garmin Pilot map on our iPad and have turned on the Terrain Warning feature. Route from East Glacier Park to Kalispell, using US H...