Kalispell Travel Information
Kalispell is the biggest town in the Flathead Valley and is what most
of the local population considers 'town'. There are a large number of
galleries, good outdoor shops, Montana style bars and enticing
restaurants to be found around the center of town. There are a number
of music and art festivals that occur during the summer months in
Kalispell and the town is also the site of the annual Northwest
Montana Fair. Travelers can access Kalispell easily as it lies on
the junction of interstates 2 & 93. For those visitors traveling by
plane, Glacier Park International Airport is located on the north side
of town and offers daily flights by a variety of domestic carriers.
There are a variety of lodging options in Kalispell to fit every
budget. A great day drive from Kalispell allows visitors to explore
the Northwest corner of the state in a day. Heading west on highway 2,
visitors will travel through the town of Libby and end up passing
Kootenay Falls, a worthy stop. A short hike brings you up close and
personal to a massive cataract of waterfalls on the Kootenay River.
Lucky visitors may see kayakers running one section of the falls and
heading into the rapids below. These falls were used in filming the
movie the River Wild (Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon) as the 'Gauntlet'
scene and are definitely more impressive in person than on the big
screen! After visiting the falls, visitors should consider driving
north along Lake Koocanusa (named for Kootenay, Canada and USA), a
large reservoir formed by Libby Dam. The canyon cliffs here hold only
quartzite in northwest Montana that is high enough quality to support
sport descent rock climbing. From Lake Koocanusa, visitors should
head south along I-93 through Eureka, a tidy Montana hamlet with a
quaint downtown area, and back through Whitefish to Kalispell.
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