“Known as the Crown of the Continent, Glacier National Park is a bucket-list experience for many a traveler,” says Lucy Beighle, public relations and earned media manager with Montana’s Glacier Country.
Even if you don’t go to the park for adventure, you can plan a trip just to see the landscape: more than one million acres of stunning glacier-carved terrain, 400-foot waterfalls, mountains, rolling rivers and meadows.
“Scenic byways, majestic mountains, and unparalleled hiking and wildlife viewing opportunities can be combined with historical tours by Glacier Park Boat Tours or the famous Red Bus Tours,” Beighle says.
The Red Bus Tours allow groups to experience an interpretive tour of the park and learn history and highlights while taking in the incredible views in an open-air, vintage-style bus. Beighle says a must-do for visitors, especially while taking a Red Bus Tour, is traveling Going-to-the-Sun Road, a national historic landmark stretching 50 miles through the park from West Glacier to St. Mary that crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass.
For hikers and bikers, the park offers more than 700 miles of maintained hiking trails for all levels of experience. Fall and spring are the most popular seasons for bikers to travel Going-to-the-Sun Road.
The wilderness areas in the park are considered one of the most intact ecosystems of the contiguous United States, so adventurers can expect to see grizzly and black bears, bison, deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, elk, moose, wolves, eagles, lynx and a variety of fish.
For more information, email Beighle or visit glaciermt.com.
Top photo: Lake McDonald
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