Glacier National Park - MONTANA

(6 days/5 nights)

July 18 - 23, 2008

or July 23 -28, 2008

Price: $1,094

(per person, excluding airfare)

About the Trip

Flights

Once your trip reservation is made, Golden Adventures will coordinate the flight purchases.

What's Included in the Price

• Pre Trip Get-Together

• Van Rental

• 5 nights lodging

• Half Day Whitewater Rafting

• 3 Dinners - Day 1, 3 & 5

• Snacks during hike - Day 3

• Picnic during hike - Day 4

• All Park Entrance Fees & Permits

Not included in trip price:

• All breakfasts

• 3 lunches

• 2 dinners

• Tips for treetop, rafting & hiking guides

• Any of the optional activities: horseback riding, fishing, golf

Booking your trip

Fill out the reservation form and send a $250 deposit.

Lodging

Night 1: Kandahar Lodge, Big Mountain

Night 2 & 3: Glacier Park Lodge & Resort, East Glacier

Night 4: Many Glacier Hotel, within Glacier National Park

Night 5: Grouse Mountain Lodge, Whitefish

Daily Itinerary

DAY 1:

Flights arrive at Kalispell airport. Our van or the hotel shuttle will pick you up at the airport.

DAY 2:

Half Day Whitewater Raft Trip, West Glacier (1:30-2:00 start time)

Trip starts with brief trip description and safety talk by guides. Raft through the John Stevens Canyon of the middle fork of the flathead river along the southern border of Glacier National Park.

Trip includes 9 named rapids, mostly Class II and III whitewater (medium whitewater with numerous waves, narrow passages, eddies and bends), including Tunnel and Jaws.

The trip ends at the bridge in West Glacier where you will disembark from the raft with a short walk back to the start point.

After rafting, we'll take the scenic route to East Glacier where we stay the night.

Be sure to bring your swimsuit...there's a outdoor heated pool!

Lodging: Glacier Park Lodge & Resort, East Glacier

Located on the eastern gateway of Glacier National Park Glacier Park Lodge and Resort is a western theme lodge along the main line of the Burlington Northern Railroad. Huge Douglas fir pillars that are over 40 feet high and 40 inches in diameter form the supports in the impressive lobby. The Blackfeet Indians, awed by the size of the timbers called it "Omahkoyis", or Big Tree Lodge.

Dinner at Great Northern Steak & Rib House at the Lodge (not included in the trip price)

DAY 3:

We'll do breakfast at the Lodge before taking a short drive to North Shore Trailhead where we hike the Upper Two Medicine Lake Trail, an approximate 7.5 miles loop route. Afternoon options include fishing, a horseback tour, golf...or just relaxing! We'll stay again at Glacier Park Lodge tonight.

Upper Two Medicine Lake is nestled among sheer peaks of red argillite, from north to south: Pumpelly Pillar, Mount Helen, Lone Walker Mountain, and Rising Bull Ridge.

Dinner at Serrano's Mexican Restaurant.  (included in the trip price)

DAY 4:

Plan to check out of the Lodge early and drive to St. Mary's for breakfast (1:30 drive time). Then on to the Many Glacier Trailhead. We'll hike the Grinnell Glacier Trail today -- a fairly strenuous and very scenic hike.

We'll picnic along the way, possible at Lake Josephine.

The Grinnell Glacier Trail is one of the most scenic hikes in Glacier National Parks. When hiking the Grinnell Glacier Trail, a hiker will pass by crystal clear mountain lakes, towering mountains and will have the unique opportunity to stand on a glacier. The trail runs for 6 miles and has a vertical gain of 1600 feet. The first two miles of the trail are essentially flat. Beyond that, the trail has a gradual incline up to its end. The trail ends at Upper Grinnell Lake and Grinnell Glacier at the base of the continental divide.

Lodging - Many Glacier Hotel (all our rooms are lakeside)

Many Glacier Hotel is located in the “Switzerland of North America”. The hotel rests on the shore of Swiftcurrent Lake in the heart of Glacier National Park. The Great Northern Railroad built this historic hotel in 1915. Many Glacier Hotel boasts a true Swiss atmosphere with alpine beauty that surrounds the five-story building.

Dinner tonight is at the Ptamarmigan Dining Room at the hotel (everyone pays for their own tonight)

DAY 5

Drive the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road route back to Whitefish.

The Going-to-the-Sun Road was completed in 1932 and is a spectacular 52 mile, paved two-lane highway that bisects the park east and west. It is the width of Glacier, crossing the Continental Divide at 6,646-foot-high Logan Pass. It passes through almost every type of terrain in the park, from large glacial lakes and cedar forests in the lower valleys to windswept alpine tundra atop the pass.

Dinner tonight is included in the trip price.

DAY 6: