Siyeh Pass

Siyeh Pass doesn't ease you into anything. From the Piegan Pass Trailhead, you're climbing hard almost immediately, grinding through subalpine meadows before the trail tilts upward into serious alpine terrain. The route crosses exposed rocky slopes where the wind can hit you sideways, and the final push to the pass feels like climbing a staircase someone forgot to finish building. But once you crest that ridge at over 8,000 feet, the Continental Divide sprawls out in front of you — Sexton Glacier hangs in its cirque to the north, and the views stretch into every drainage Glacier has to offer. The wildflower meadows below the pass explode in late July, carpeting the slopes in beargrass and paintbrush. This trail rewards hikers who treat elevation gain as the point, not the price of admission.