who's going to Glacier in the next two weeks?

[kingfisher24]

Any streamers headed to Glacier NP in the next two weeks,,,mini rally or get to gather...we will be at St Marys Aug 12-13 and Fish Creek Aug 14-15

[ebair]

Shucks,,,, we'll miss you by a week,,,,heading out the 19th for the same locale

Have fun!!

[kingfisher24]

leaving fort peck...if not for the lake it would not be a dry spot in the road, and throw in glascow as well...big sky country and all....any way headed out tomorrow for the Havre, Montana and biding time , getting past cut bank and into St Marys and then Fish Creek...goin to the sun road and what else.......what are things i need to see and do while in glacier???????

[CanoeStream]

Do not cut down the westerly road MT-49 between St. Mary's and Two Medicine (or the town of East Glacier). It is signed barring vehicles longer than about 25' for good reason -- many, many tight switchbacks with absolutely no shoulder.

We really enjoyed Many Glacier. Enjoyed the boat ride on the lake. We arranged the second boat ride over to Lake Josephine and the short naturalist-led hike to Grinnell Lake. You can make those arrangements through the lodge on Swiftcurrent Lake at Many Glacier.

Every chance I get, I'll recommend visiting and camping up at Waterton Lakes and the campsite right in town there. Need a passport for exit & entry however...

[CanoeStream]

Most of the campsites in Glacier are pull-throughs with a wide mix of tight trees and stumps. Keep your eyes open! We had to back out more than once -- cuz pulling through (even with rehitching the truck) was not an option. Apgar is quite a bit more 20+ footer friendly than Fish Creek.

A solid food recommendation near St. Mary's and another near West Glacier -- http://www.airforums.com/forums/f42/...tml#post867265

[tbettes]

We are heading out Friiday but are going the way of the Tetons and Yellowstone. We arrive the 27th. Have fun.

Tom

[kingfisher24]

heading towards the park...one more leg in the bag...staying at evergreen campground south of havre...nice folks...campground, however is not as nice as those state parks in North Dakota nor the COE at Fort Peck which we just left... but, hey we do have a place to park....


and home is where you park it!!!!

[kingfisher24]

Yipes i am east of Glacier and getting closer...heading for Cut Bank today...preparing for the entrance to the Park....

Caught one criminal singing in church near yellowstone...his partners ..."bonnie and clyde""" are east of glacier

[kingfisher24]

Riverview Rv park...nice...went exploring this afternoon...wanted to check out the dreded MT49...from east glacier headed to St Marys from US 2...I was not pulling trailer...but did not see a reason not to...take it easy and watch the curves
However , tomorrow we are exploring further...going to Many glacier and St Marys via MT 464 to check that route as it is supposed to be the better route, however MT 89 does go from MT 49 intersection up to St Marys and beyond to Chief Mountain...

and as I am homeless and with no passport and possibly illegal after having lost my Couth in Vietnam I wouldn't be allowed out of the country or back in should i get out

Thursday is official day to move into the park

[flakeyjake]

Tom (tbettes), we might just see you along the road. Tetons and Yellowstone this week and next, Glacier after the 24th.
Hugh

[kingfisher24]

I am going first to St Marys, i tried to scope it out today and they would not let anyone in if not currently camping...because of road repaving
So I said what about tomorrow?? and they said if you are camping , that is registered for that day, yes you could come in....checked out Many Glacier and it was awash with sheeple...thick as fleas...oh well...there is a camp ground there?? first come first serve...saw an airstream headed there...no numbers...

i will report from St Marys and from the "Going to the Sun Road".....
later

[kingfisher24]

Great spot C101....exploring going to the sun road...lots of people and lots of construction...going to sneak up on it early, early tomorrow morning...before the pepe's wake up

[kingfisher24]

as John Stienbeck so eloquently expresses in his Travels with Charlie the worlds natural wonders are just that" freak shows of nature",,,where us humans come to gawk and by this ever inscent gawking cause their demise....

so these purple mountains majesties with their magnificient glaciers and streams and lakes and ever reaching fruited plains have been ever so corrrupted by our trapsing around.....

and so it goes

[kingfisher24]

But the travel along US 2 west to the west side of the park is impressive as well as the entire west side of glacier NP...staying at Fish Creek A35 and have done peliminary investigations and will conclude tomorrow...but surmise that the west side should not be missed...ethe east side is nice???

but west glacier is supremely beautiful!!!!!!! going all the way to the sun early tomorrow AM before the crowds awaken....and see who lurks the mountains in the dawns early light

[CanoeStream]

Originally Posted by kingfisher24

disappointed with East Glacier

Don't know what that means. Yes, St. Mary's looks way too convenient and forest growth indeed is trammeled down there (wind shadow effect from the mountains?). After Lake McDonald we headed to Many Glacier -- an experience as supreme as the Lake McDonald area. There are at least 3 days of good activities at Many Glacier -- more or less depending on whether you ride the boats to Lake Josephine/Grinnell Glacier and hike to Redrock Lake. A flyrod is a plus...

Two Medicine is pretty low-key and nice as it goes. Beats the St. Mary's campground 2:1 IMO!

[kingfisher24]

compared to west glacier, east glacier looks like a slum IMHO; east glacier is indeed beautiful in its own way...many glacier is a disapointment relative to its hype, but still beautiful...a boat ride is a boat ride, water is water,...lake superior is a grand body of water...

hiking with hundreds of others on the same trail is not in my playbook...

[kingfisher24]

Polebridge is a small town ? North of Fish Creek in West Glacier...one road that gets you there is the outside loop/...a paved, dirt semi improved gravel road and the 25 miles takes about 35 minutes...Once there you find a Mercantile Company; housing a bakery that serves the best hot sandwiches, breads and rolls to be found for miles to return to West Glacier one can go back the way one came or one can take the inner loop...a primitive...very primitive road that traverses the insides of west glacier NP...a beautiful trip of 5 and 10 miles per hour...making the return trip 1 1/2 hours but surely worth every minute
assorted shots of many glacier and the sun road from the east

[kingfisher24]

I cannot say how neat and exciting the drive down the North Fork road was...from Polebridge to Fish Creek.....30 miles primitive, winding one lane road....in the middle of the western edge of glacier national park...as wild and unspoiled as it gets....

[kingfisher24]

From the West side....... to be continued

[thecatsandi]

Originally Posted by kingfisher24

Any streamers headed to Glacier NP in the next two weeks,,,mini rally or get to gather...we will be at St Marys Aug 12-13 and Fish Creek Aug 14-15

If you are anywhere near Missoula stop by. I have 40 Service at the curb...