Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks: A Guide to More Than 60 of the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures
For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuide® has set the standard for outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, each guide invites you to experience the endless adventure and rugged beauty of the great outdoors.\ Discover the wonder of these two spectacular parks as Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks leads you along 850 miles of trail - from short nature hikes to backcountry treks. Veteran hiker Erik Molvar provides all the information you...
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This comprehensive guide covers more than 850 miles of trails. Booknews Revision of a fine guide to these little exploited parks straddling the Alberta-Montana boundary. Includes some exhausting trail profiles (major elevation changes). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 1Natural History 1Using This Guide 4Planning Your Trip 4A Few Words of Caution 7Short Strolls and Nature Walks 11Glacier National Park 11Waterton Lakes National Park 19Trail Finder Table 22Map Legend 24The HikesThe North Fork 25Boulder Pass 27Bowman Lake-Brown Pass 33Akokala Lake 34Numa Ridge Lookout 36Quartz Lakes Loop 37Logging Lake 38Connecting Hikes 41The Lake McDonald Area 43Trout Lake 45Huckleberry Mountain Lookout 49Apgar Lookout 50Lake McDonald 52Lincoln Lake 53Fish Lake 55Mount Brown Lookout 57Snyder Lakes 58Avalanche Lake 59Additional Hikes 61The Highline and Waterton Lake Vicinity 63Hidden Lake 65TheGarden Wall 67The Northern Highline 70Waterton Valley 72Connecting Hikes 76The Southern Sector 79Harrison Lake 81Loneman Lookout 83The Nyack-Coal Creek Loop 84Lake Isabel 88Scalplock Lookout 92Firebrand Pass-Ole Lake 94Additional Hikes 96Two Medicine 99Scenic Point 101Cobalt Lake-Two Medicine Pass 103Upper Two Medicine Lake 105Dawson-Pitamakan 106Cut Bank Creek 109Medicine Grizzly Lake-Triple Divide Pass 113Connecting Hikes 117The St. Mary Valley 119Red Eagle Lake 121Otokomi Lake 126St. Mary and Virginia Falls 127St. Mary Lake 128Gunsight Pass 130Piegan Pass 134Siyeh Pass 136Connecting Hikes 138Many Glacier 139Cracker Lake 141The Grinnell Complex 143Swiftcurrent Pass 147Iceberg Lake 149Ptarmigan Tunnel 151Poia Lake-Redgap Pass 153Additional Hikes 156The Belly River Country 157The Belly River Trail 159Mokowanis River-Stoney Indian Pass 162Slide Lake-Gable Pass 165Connecting Hikes 168Waterton Lakes National Park 169The Carthew-Alderson Trail 171Bertha Lake 175Crypt Lake 177Vimy Peak 180Lineham Falls 182Rowe Lakes 184The Tamarack Trail 186Blakiston Valley 189The Snowshoe Trail-Twin Lakes 192Lost Lake-Avion Ridge 195Goat Lake 198The Oil Basin Loop 200Additional Hikes 204Extended Trips 205The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail 206The Great Northern Traverse 207The Highline Trail 208The North Circle 208Further Reading 210For More Information 211Fishing Opportunities 212Backcountry Campground Table 214Index 217About the Authors 219
\ BooknewsRevision of a fine guide to these little exploited parks straddling the Alberta-Montana boundary. Includes some exhausting trail profiles (major elevation changes). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
