Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks: A Guide to More Than 60 of the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures by Erik Molvar

Acknowledgments     xiii
Introduction     1
Natural History     1
Using This Guide     4
Planning Your Trip     4
A Few Words of Caution     7
Short Strolls and Nature Walks     11
Glacier National Park     11
Waterton Lakes National Park     19
Trail Finder Table     22
Map Legend     24
The Hikes
The North Fork     25
Boulder Pass     27
Bowman Lake-Brown Pass     33
Akokala Lake     34
Numa Ridge Lookout     36
Quartz Lakes Loop     37
Logging Lake     38
Connecting Hikes     41
The Lake McDonald Area     43
Trout Lake     45
Huckleberry Mountain Lookout     49
Apgar Lookout     50
Lake McDonald     52
Lincoln Lake     53
Fish Lake     55
Mount Brown Lookout     57
Snyder Lakes     58
Avalanche Lake     59
Additional Hikes     61
The Highline and Waterton Lake Vicinity     63
Hidden Lake     65
TheGarden Wall     67
The Northern Highline     70
Waterton Valley     72
Connecting Hikes     76
The Southern Sector     79
Harrison Lake     81
Loneman Lookout     83
The Nyack-Coal Creek Loop     84
Lake Isabel     88
Scalplock Lookout     92
Firebrand Pass-Ole Lake     94
Additional Hikes     96
Two Medicine     99
Scenic Point     101
Cobalt Lake-Two Medicine Pass     103
Upper Two Medicine Lake     105
Dawson-Pitamakan     106
Cut Bank Creek     109
Medicine Grizzly Lake-Triple Divide Pass     113
Connecting Hikes     117
The St. Mary Valley     119
Red Eagle Lake     121
Otokomi Lake     126
St. Mary and Virginia Falls     127
St. Mary Lake     128
Gunsight Pass     130
Piegan Pass     134
Siyeh Pass     136
Connecting Hikes     138
Many Glacier     139
Cracker Lake     141
The Grinnell Complex     143
Swiftcurrent Pass     147
Iceberg Lake     149
Ptarmigan Tunnel     151
Poia Lake-Redgap Pass     153
Additional Hikes     156
The Belly River Country     157
The Belly River Trail     159
Mokowanis River-Stoney Indian Pass     162
Slide Lake-Gable Pass     165
Connecting Hikes     168
Waterton Lakes National Park     169
The Carthew-Alderson Trail     171
Bertha Lake     175
Crypt Lake     177
Vimy Peak     180
Lineham Falls     182
Rowe Lakes     184
The Tamarack Trail     186
Blakiston Valley     189
The Snowshoe Trail-Twin Lakes     192
Lost Lake-Avion Ridge     195
Goat Lake     198
The Oil Basin Loop     200
Additional Hikes     204
Extended Trips     205
The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail     206
The Great Northern Traverse     207
The Highline Trail     208
The North Circle     208
Further Reading     210
For More Information     211
Fishing Opportunities     212
Backcountry Campground Table     214
Index     217
About the Authors     219