Blogs from Many Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana, United States, North America

Hiked to Grinnell Lake this morning. Decent length , 3.6 miles (one way)but fairly flat. Quite windy again today. Saw a moose! Also hiked to Red Rock Falls (1.9 miles one way) a bit uphill. And yes, the rocks are red.... read more

Idaho for Montana at 8 AM. Crystal clear blue skies and temp was 53 degrees. Nice Entered Glacier Park at the west gate and was immediately greeted by a beautiful lake. Took 3 hours to get through the park on "The road to the sun" and was so close to many waterfalls while riding that you can actually reach out and touch them. One of the most spectacular national parks. May pics Out of the park at the East gate and to hwy 89 south to hook back up to 2 east. 89 South has more curves and I mean tight curves in 35 miles than the Dragon in Tennesee. Took 2 east and temps got up to 90 so drank lots of water. 2 East is a road I have never ridden before. I like ... read more

On our way to Canada, we drove around Glacier National Park one last time and northward up the eastern edge. One tip was a salt lick near a bridge at a Route 2 turnoff along the southern border of the park where mountain goats could be viewed. We did see one walking on a bluff in the distance but there was a better photo opportunity right above the turnoff itself over the highway. We had also heard that we shouldn’t miss Many Glaciers, an area in the northeastern side of the park, so we made a point to stop and walk through the valley of the Swiftriver Current Pass. Two off-duty women rangers recommended this hike to us a few days earlier when we met them on the Two Medicine Lake trail. The Swiftcurrent Pass is ... read more

We met with my sister in the morning, and decided to take the boat tour down the lake. Lower Waterton Lake lies south of the Prince of Wales Hotel and over the course of some nine miles extends into the United States. Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (United States) actually form together the first of what is now several international peace parks in areas where ecological and geological systems cross international borders. The park here, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was dedicated by the two countries on July 4, 1932. You can take a boat down the lake from the town of Waterton to Goat Haunt, Montana, and if your credentials are okay you can disembark and hike out from there. The 32 mile hike to the next vestige of civilization did not beckon to us, ... read more

It was an early start as we headed into the heart of Glacier. Mark, Jess and some of the others were dropped off at the visitor centre for the start of the longest hike in the Park, whilst Scott, Kylie, Steve, Annabel and I were taken a few miles further for the Gillam Glacier hike. Todd dropped us off and we were quickly left on our own to take on the hike. So we set off straight away, crossing a small wooden bridge over a small creek almost straight away before reaching the edge of a lake. To the left on the far side of the lake from us was a pretty awesome looking hotel, which offers boat rides across to the other side of the lake to join the hike we were doing. We clear ... read more