| If you like the outdoors and scenery | | | | Logan Pass. If you're looking for more |
| that's hard to beat anywhere on the | | | | information, there are visitor centers |
| planet, Glacier National Park may be the | | | | that have maps throughout the park to |
| place for you. Located in beautiful | | | | help you. Glacier Park Inc. operates a |
| Northwest Montana and extending into | | | | daily shuttle service along this road |
| Canada, this National Park is one of the | | | | from July 1st to Labor Day weekend. |
| most beautiful in the entire United | | | | The glaciers that you find in Glacier |
| States. If you enjoy fishing, hiking, | | | | National Park today are all geologically |
| animal watching, camping, mountain | | | | new, having formed in the last few |
| biking, swimming, or most other outdoor | | | | thousand years. Presently, all of the |
| activities, Glacier National Park is the | | | | glaciers within Glacier National Park |
| place for you. | | | | are shrinking. In other words, more snow |
| Glacier National Park is one of the | | | | melts each year than accumulates each |
| largest and most intact ecosystems in | | | | winter. As the climate has changed over |
| North America. There are over fifty | | | | the last two million years, glaciers |
| glaciers within the park, thus the name. | | | | have formed and melted away many times. |
| There are also over 200 lakes and | | | | So at the end of the day, this process |
| streams in Glacier National Park. The | | | | is as it should be. |
| largest lake is Lake Macdonald, and the | | | | The Park itself is full of wildlife. |
| various streams and river hold nice | | | | Although there are to many species to |
| populations of wild trout. There are | | | | list here, some of them would include: |
| also over 730 miles of trails for hikers | | | | mountain goats, white tailed and mule |
| to enjoy within Glacier National Park. | | | | deer, elk, moose, black bear, grizzly |
| Hiking is probably one of the most | | | | bear, mountain lions, and various |
| popular activities within the park. If | | | | rodents and birds. If you're interested |
| you go hiking in this area of the | | | | in viewing wildlife, Glacier National |
| country having bear spray with you is | | | | Park won't disappoint. There are also |
| always a good idea. Glacier National | | | | many fish species located in the rivers |
| Park is home to a decent population of | | | | and lakes throughout the Park. Most of |
| wild grizzly bears. | | | | the fish are in the trout family and |
| The Park is divided from east to west by | | | | would include: lake, rainbow, |
| Going-to-the-Sun road. It's a | | | | cutthroat, brook, and bull trout. |
| spectacular drive, and if you go once | | | | The bottom line is that if it's outdoor |
| you'll realize where the road got its | | | | activities and scenery that interest |
| name. Bisecting the heart of the park, | | | | you, Glacier National Park is the place |
| this fifty mile long road hugs the | | | | for you. Whether your favorite activity |
| shores of the parks two largest lakes | | | | is rafting,fishing, hiking, camping, |
| and then goes right below the cliffs of | | | | driving, or biking you'll find it within |
| the Continental Divide as it traverses | | | | the boundaries of Glacier National Park. |