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Glacier Country GLACIER COUNTRY 24 GLACIER COUNTRY - VISITMT.COM GLACIER COUNTRY www.glaciermt.com · 800.338.5072 Glacier Country is the Montana that people who have never been to Montana tend to envision—woodsy, with alpine lakes and towering mountain panoramas; wild, with bison, bears and huckleberries galore. Glacier National Park, the quintessential postcard snap, does nothing to dispel this notion, while areas like the Seeley-Swan, the Bitterroot Valley and the National Bison Range in Moiese only bolster the region’s majestic reputation. There’s no shortage of ways to soak up all this grandeur, either. For starters, you’ll see plenty just through your car windows, or, to shake the distraction of driving, the viewing car of Amtrak’s Empire Builder line. For a little recreation with your scenery, raft trips, horseback trail rides, bike paths, snowmobile trips, cross-country outings and downhill ski days all guarantee views and wildlife sightings. You can even put a few major dents in your bucket list here—tracking untouched powder on a backcountry snowcat adventure or gaping at high- altitude panoramas from a helicopter tour high above the Rocky Mountains. While your overworked camera recharges, hit Missoula, where eateries serving up locally sourced products, farmers markets and chocolatiers mingle with cowboy bars and hunting supply stores. Or roll into Bigfork for gourmet cuisine, art galleries and golf. Whether you GLACIER COUNTRY snowmobile or skinny-ski, eat sushi or bison burgers, swill microbrews or local wines, Glacier Country tends to feel like the Montana you’ve always imagined: often homegrown, occasionally cosmopolitan and always beautiful. Left: Quiet moment on Lower Stillwater Lake Above: Hiking the Stoney Indian Pass trail in Glacier National Park AT A GLANCE + Clearing the snow-laden Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is a serious effort: snowplows must battle the “Big Drift,” anywhere from 50 to 80 feet deep. + Every horse in A Carousel for Missoula in Caras Park is hand carved, and each horse has its own backstory. + The Bitterroot Valley is named for the bitterroot flower found there, the roots of which were once a staple food for the Flathead tribes. Now, it’s Montana’s official state flower. + Kootenai Falls, near Libby, is one of the largest free-flowing waterfalls in the northwestern U.S. GLACIER COUNTRY - VISITMT.COM 25 Springtime in the rest of the region is a WHAT TO PACK KNOW BEFORE thrill for kayakers and rafters when the rapids swell with snowmelt. Go in autumn Anything goes in cultural Missoula, where YOU GO for hikes, bike rides and outdoor pursuits the clothing style can be dressy or casual. while the weather is still pleasant and the In art towns like Bigfork and Whitefish, BEST TIME TO VISIT crowds are thinning. clothing ranges from outdoorsy-chic to boutique fashion to just jeans. Everywhere In the summer, Glacier Country is abuzz In the winter, an ice fishing perch, in the region, pack layers appropriate for with fruit stands hawking homegrown snowshoe outing or cross-country ski hiking, horseback riding, rafting and playing cherries, glacier lilies blooming and boats trip affords views of snowcapped peaks, outside—wicking shirts, quick-drying pants, cruising the region’s many lakes. If you visit while a lift ticket or a snowmobile will rain gear and polar fleeces are good bets. Glacier National Park in the summer, it’s actually put you on one. the most popular season with the most Fleeces, parkas, snow pants and snow road and trail accessibility of the entire year. HOW TO GET HERE boots are customary for this region in the Arrive on bicycle in the springtime weeks winter, although the valleys aren’t as snowy before the Going-to-the-Sun Road opens Take a flight into Kalispell or Missoula, as Southwest Montana and Yellowstone to vehicles for a serene taste of Glacier. or arrive on the blood-pressure-lowering Country. Beyond hiking boots and snow Note: it’s a good idea to check road status Amtrak Empire Builder and rent a car. If boots, don’t worry about bringing your before you come, as Going-to-the-Sun you bring your own wheels, you’ll probably own outdoor gear if it’s a hassle; there Road opens in its entirety only when the drive in via I-90 or US 93 or US 2—watch are rentals and outfitters for almost every snow is plowed, which is usually mid-June. for deer on the road in the evening. recreational pursuit here. CANADA & WATERTON to Cranbrook, BC LAKES NATIONAL PARK to Regina, SK to Cardston, AB to Assiniboia, SK to Lethbridge, AB to Kildeer, SK CANADA to Swift Current, SK Rexford Easy to forget sometimes, Canada is a CANADA Yaak Eureka Westby GLACIER Whitetail Babb SweetgrassseparatePort of country from America, so if you Four Flaxville NATIONAL Sweetgrass Opheim Buttes Fortine Polebridge BLACKFEET Sunburstgo to the Canadian side of Waterton- Turner Trego St. Mary INDIAN Peerless Scobey Plentywood Loring Whitewater ND to Fortuna, PARK RESERVATION Glacier International Peace Park, you will Lake Cut Bank need to show your passport to return to Troy Apgar McDonald Browning Chinook Medicine Lake Libby West Glacier the U.S. Also, be prepared to pay a small FORT PECK Columbia K INDIAN RESERVATION Shelby AMTRA Falls Coram entry fee at the gates of WatertonRudyard Lakes A Martin City Chester Froid MT Havre Fort AMTRAK Hinsdale RAK Whitefish Hungry Horse East Glacier National Park.Galata Saco Saint Park Valier Box Belknap Marie Lustre Elder Dodson Vandalia Kalispell Essex Agency Malta Culbertson Heart Butte FORT BELKNAP Kila Dupuyer PHOTOGRAPHING ROCKY BOY’S INDIAN Glasgow Nashua Wolf Poplar Marion Bigfork Flathead River AMTRAK Heron Big Sandy INDIAN RESERVATION Point Bainville Somers TRIBAL CEREMONIES to Williston, ND to Sandpoint, ID Noxon Conrad RESERVATION Lakeside FLATHEAD Rollins Bynum Brady Proctor VALLEY Swan Lake Powwows and dances have deep Fort Fairview Trout Dayton religious significance and typically doVirgelle not Peck GLACIER COUNTRY C. M. RUSSELL Creek Elmo Fort Benton Loma Big Arm Choteau Landusky Zortman NATIONAL WILDLIFE Thompson allow flash photography. Be sure to have REFUGE Sidney Falls Hot Springs Polson permission before snapping photos at Lambert NORTH DAKOTA Crane Condon Fairfieldtribal ceremonies.Great For more information Haugan Ronan Vaughn Falls Plains on proper etiquette while visiting the Savage De Borgia Charlo Augusta Winifred Bloomfield St. Regis Paradise FLATHEAD INDIAN Moiese RESERVATION Fortreservations Shaw and how to best enjoy your Brusett Circle to Coeur d’Alene, ID to Coeur d’Alene, IDAHO Belt Dixon St. Ignatius experience,Ulm contact tribal offices atvisitmt. Roy Stockett Raynesford Denton Jordan Brockway Superior Cascadecom/indiannations. Geyser Arlee Seeley 253 Lake Stanford Glendive Ovando CraigWATER Monarch Lewistown Alberton Sand Springs Wibaux Missoula Lincoln Hobson Winnett Cohagen Wolf Creek 253 Greenough Glacier Country is famousNeihart for its pure Grass Mosby Bonner Range Helmville Utica Lolo lakes and streams, but all that lovely water Terry ND to Dickinson, Clinton Canyon Creek Fallon Marysville carries the very real risk of Giardia lamblia, BITTERROOT Eastan unpleasant intestinal parasite. Resist Florence Drummond Helena Judith Gap to Kooskia, ID VALLEY Helenathe urge to sample even clear-looking Melstone Ingomar PINTLER White Sulphur Ismay Victor Stevensville SCENIC Elliston Plevna ROUTE Garrison Montanastreams, and ifSprings you must, filter or treatTwo your Clancy Winston City Dot Harlowton Miles City Deer water first. Baker Corvallis Philipsburg Jefferson Martinsdale Roundup Lodge Basin Hysham Forsyth Hamilton City TownsendFOOD Ringling ND to Bowman, Georgetown Lake Boulder Bighorn Rosebud Darby Anaconda 569 Montanans in Glacier Country love to eat, Custer Conner Butte as you’ll find in the plethora of friendly Worden Ekalaka Wise Wilsall Logan Big Colstrip Sula River cafes and widespreadManhattan varied eateries. In Pompeys Pillar Dewey the largerThree towns you’ll encounterClyde Park creative Timber Whitehall Belgrade Greycliff Silver fare likeForks sushi, local-focused pizza and Divide Livingston Reed Point Laurel Lame SOUTH DAKOTA This map is for reference only; see theStar Harrison Billings Wisdom French and Thai cuisine. In more rural Columbus Hardin Crow Deer to Melrose Pony A Ashland Olive Official Montana Highway Map forTwin more detail. Gallatin McLeod W RRIOR Salmon, ID Agency PIONEER Bridges locales,Gateway look for small country cafes and CROW INDIAN TRAIL MTNS Bozeman Park H 278 Sheridan Norris Absarokee City RESERVATION Garryowen Busby IGH SCENIC steakhouses. PARADISE Rockvale NORTHERN CHEYENNE WAY Broadus BYWAY VALLEY Fishtail Saint Xavier Jackson Nevada Joliet Pryor INDIAN RESERVATION Polaris City Ennis Pray Nye Roberts Lodge 26 GLACIER COUNTRY - VISITMT.COM Fort Smith Birney Alder Emigrant Roscoe Grass 278 Bridger Virginia Big Bannack Dillon City Sky Otter Cameron Red Lodge Wyola Biddle Alzada BIGHORN CANYON Cooke Belfry Grant Gardiner Silver NATIONAL REC. AREA Decker 324 Gate City WYOMING to Belle Fourche, SD 324 Quake Tower Junction WYOMING to Gillette, WY Mammoth to Sheridan, WY Lake BEARTOOTH to Cody, WY to Lovell, WY Hot Springs ALLAMERICAN ROAD YELLOWSTONE Dell Canyon Norris Lima NATIONAL Madison Monida Lakeview West Junction PARK Yellowstone Lake West IDAHO to Idaho Falls, ID Thumb to Rexburg, ID Old Faithful Grant Village to Grand Teton Natl Park and Jackson, WY The colorful and quaint downtown of Bigfork viewing by driving the Looking Glass Road downtown. It’s also Montana’s gateway PLACES TO GO (MT 49), which starts at the aspen prairie to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and GLACIER COUNTRY edge near East Glacier Park. If you plan to offers a number of other year-round COMMUNITIES get off the road to explore, make sure you recreational attractions. purchase a $10 recreation permit at one 406.363.2400 BIGFORK Hugging the sparkling blue of the local shops in East Glacier Park or www.bitterrootchamber.com bay where the Swan River flows into Browning.
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