Glacier Park 2002

In July, 2002, my wife Karen and I visited Glacier National Park for nearly two weeks of camping, hiking, picture-taking, and whatnot. This page provides information and images about this trip, which we hope you will find useful in planning your own trip to this area.

General Recommendations - a quick summary of our advice for those planning a trip to Glacier National Park.

Our Glacier Itinerary:

• Part One:
  • Everything accessible from Going-To-The-Sun Road
  • Avalanch Lake Hike
  • Logan Pass; part of Hidden Lake Trail; part of Highline Trail
  • Sun Point Trail; Bering Falls and Bering Falls Trail
  • Blackfeet Traditional Dancing (Ray Croft family dancers, with Joe McKay)
  • McDonald Creek; dippers!
• Part Two:
  • Interlude and Many Glacier area
  • Outside the Park: Stanton Creek Lodge for shower and laundry!
  • Goat Lick
  • Swiftcurrent Lake
  • Many Glacier Hotel
  • Iceberg Lake Trail (Grizzly!)
  • Fox Creek Fire; pyrocumulus
• Part Three:
  • Two Medicine - bugs!
  • Running Eagle Falls
  • Appistoki Falls
  • Departure from Kalispell
• Panoramas and Mosaics
  • Going-To-The-Sun scenic turnout
  • Avalanche Lake and Monument Falls
  • Iceberg Notch

Places to Skip:

• Flathead Lake (aka lake of the hyped-up hype)
• Kalispell
• Snow Goose Grille in Saint Mary

Notes on driving in the west

• Highway Information, and Pathologies
• Landscape

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