| Northwest Montana is one of the most beautiful | | | | Rivers produce rainbow, cutthroat, brook, and |
| and scenic places in the western Rocky | | | | even a few brown trout, with rainbow trout being |
| Mountains, and if you're planning a visit here are | | | | the most abundant. If you like to fish, Northwest |
| six things that you should check out. Obviously, | | | | Montana is for you. |
| most of these things revolve around the | | | | 4) Water Sports - Whether it be boating, skiing, |
| outdoors, mostly because Northwest Montana is | | | | tubing, swimming, or just relaxing in the water, |
| all about the outdoors. As you can probably | | | | Northwest Montana can accommodate you. |
| imagine, if you don't like the outdoors, Northwest | | | | Anyone with a boat will be amazed at the amount |
| Montana probably isn't the place for you. In any | | | | of privacy that can be obtained while boating in |
| case, here are six things to do if you do decide to | | | | Northwest Montana. In most areas of the country |
| visit this magical place: | | | | boating can be a congested mess. That's not the |
| 1) Hiking - Northwest Montana is a virtual hikers | | | | case in beautiful Northwest Montana. Lakes can be |
| paradise. There are hiking trails in every direction | | | | found where you'll be lucky to see another boat |
| and Northwest Montana boasts one of the most | | | | all day. |
| scenic National Parks in the country, Glacier | | | | 5) Hunting - For the hunter, Northwest Montana is |
| National Park. Glacier is full of hiking trails and is a | | | | the place to be as well. Some of the most |
| hikers paradise in and of itself. Any local outdoors | | | | popular animals to hunt for would include: White |
| shop can point you to maps and such or simply | | | | tailed deer, Mule deer, Elk, Moose, and Bear just |
| do a search on the Internet. | | | | to name a few. Being a very mountainous area, |
| 2) Camping - With campgrounds littered | | | | the hunting is obviously better than average. And |
| throughout the area, camping is a favorite activity | | | | as with most things in Montana, there is much less |
| of many visitors to Northwest Montana. Again, a | | | | hunting pressure than you may be accustomed |
| search on the Internet will point you as many | | | | to. |
| campgrounds as you may need. There are full | | | | 6) Sight Seeing - The sights may not be what |
| service campgrounds as well as campgrounds | | | | you're used to such as museums, theaters, |
| with little more than a fire ring. There's also plenty | | | | monuments and such, but being a mountainous |
| of room for you RV. Northwest Montana gets | | | | area, some absolutely amazing views can be |
| inundated with the RV crowd during the warm | | | | discovered. Whether you're walking or in a vehicle, |
| months. | | | | views can be found almost everywhere. Some of |
| 3) Fishing - For the angler, there are plenty of | | | | which can literally bring a tear to your eyes. |
| opportunities. Whether you're a stream and river | | | | These six things should get you started and there |
| angler or prefer fishing on a lake, Northwest | | | | are many more things that you will discover when |
| Montana can accommodate you. Flathead Lake is | | | | you start poking around. No matter what you |
| in Northwest Montana, and it boasts one of the | | | | decide to do, you will find that Northwest Montana |
| best lake trout fisheries in the country. The Area | | | | has plenty to keep everyone busy. |