Park Number: 2/63

First Visited: Undocumented

There's a sense of pride for me that comes with this park as it's the only fully fledged Montanan national park (MT claims 3% of Yellowstone). This park also has the most dramatic mountains in the contiguous United States. Thus far I've only seen comparable glacier-cut valleys in the Fiordlands of New Zealand or around Banff in Canada.

When visiting Glacier, traversing the Going-to-the-Sun Highway is a must, hiking the ample trails is recommended (I'm keen to the eastern side, especially Lake Mary), and heading into Waterton Lakes National Park on the Canadian side is an added bonus if you've got the time (and passport). Lastly, bring your bear spray—grizzlies are ample in this region (with an estimated 1,200 in the park).

Glacier is the ancestral lands of Blackfeet, Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootnei Tribes.

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