5 Recomendations for Glacier NP

So for all the itinery, photos, and blah blah blah, what's worth the effort in Glacier? Well, to sum things up, here's my top 5:

1. Stay Overnight at Granite Park Chalet - You can experience the solitude of backcountry camping, but you don't have to haul your camping gear across the country. And meeting the folks who are staying there with you is always interesting -- and I don't esecially like meeting people. There's also Sperry Glacier Chalet. We hiked the Highline Trail to get there and the Swiftcurrent Pass trail to exit - world-class hikes on their own accord.

2. Hike to Grinnell Glacier - It's a great hike and you end up on a glacier - while it's still there. Good views of scenery and wildlife.

3. Visit Waterton - After the isolation of the US park, it's nice to visit a town. It has a good variety of restaurants and shops. Keep focused on the quaint and you'll like it.

4. Stay in the Many Glacier Hotel - Get a room on the lake side - it's a bit pricey, but you get your mony's worth. In other NP lodges, we've paid as much for an obscured view of Old Faithful or a view of Crater Lake through a window the size of a porthole. Here, you get a balcolny with the whole dang valley laid out before you.

5. Eat at Two Sisters - I've already written about this restaurant. Seriously, go there.