Contact Info
- Toll-Free:
- 888-454-8828
- Phone 2:
- 801-487-7200
Basics
- Activity Type:
- Wildlife Viewing,
Biking - Length:
- 6 days
- Difficulty:
- Low to High
- When Offered:
- Jul, Aug, Sep
Description
Glacier National Park and A Touch of Canada
Montana, with its vast blue skies and endless horizon, surely deserves its moniker "Big Sky Country. Discover this awesome beauty for yourself during a ride along Glacier’s Going-to-the-Sun Road, which according to Outside magazine, "provides a year’s worth of extraordinary mountain scenery in one trip. Then, cross the Canadian border to explore Waterton Lakes National Park, a spellbinding tableau of saw-edged mountain ranges, broad lakes and rugged glacial valleys.
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Hotel Info:
Lake McDonald Lodge - Lake McDonald (1 night): Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it features a massive stone fireplace and a veranda overlooking the lake.
Many Glacier Hotel - Many Glacier Valley (1 night): An early-1900s Swiss chalet-style hotel set on the shore of Swiftcurrent Lake.
Prince of Wales Hotel - Waterton Lakes (2 nights): This historic green-gabled hotel offers vistas of the mountains reflected in glacier-fed lakes.
Glacier Park Lodge - East Glacier (1 night): Located on the park’s eastern edge in Blackfeet country; immense timbers hold aloft its expansive lobby ceiling.
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Day 1 Lake Mcdonald
Meet in West Glacier Ride to Lake McDonald Lodge, perhaps stopping to browse in the boutiques and craft shops of Apgar Village.
Day 2 Many Glacier Valley
Ascend the breathtaking Going-to-the-Sun Road, a spectacular route that offers some of the most stunning mountain scenery in the world: sparkling waterfalls, expansive virgin forests, sculpted valleys and towering peaks glazed with ice A climb to the top of Logan Pass deserves a stop to view the Continental Divide before descending to Upper St. Mary Lake and the Many Glacier Valley.
Days 3-4 Waterton Lakes
Ride to Waterton Lakes National Park, which, along with Glacier, comprises an international peace park commemorating the long friendship between the United States and Canada Picnic on the shore of Belly River before riding on to Waterton Lake What are you in the mood for? Optional activities include hiking, biking, horseback riding, embarking on a boat cruise or browsing in the shops of Waterton Townsite.
Day 5 East Glacier
As you pedal the rollercoaster route along the eastern perimeter of Glacier National Park, you’ll be rewarded with a spectacular backdrop of meadows, forests and mountains.
Day 6 West Glacier
It’s a short climb to Marias Pass followed by a downhill spin along the Flathead River to West Glacier.
