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Visiting the West Glacier of Montana
December 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Located at the west entrance to Glacier National Park, in eastern Flathead County of Montana, West Glacier is a small town that stands at an elevation of 3,169 feet (966m) from the sea level. It is located on U.S. Route 2 and a main line of the BNSF Railway. The headquarters complex for Glacial National Park isn’t far away from the town. The small population of the town expands significantly during summer, when thousands of tourists visit to explore its stupendous beauty.
You can take pleasure in rafting and fishing adventures on the glacial fed Flathead River and other whitewater rivers that border Glacier National Park. A number of quality agencies are there to serve you. Montana’s one of the alluring beauties, the flying fishes, would surely come along your way during these voyages. Taking a helicopter tour wouldn’t be a bad idea at all as well. Enjoying the serene beauty of the Glacier National park from the sky would be a treat for your eyes.
There are a number of organizations offering facilities for snowmobiling, hiking along with wildlife adventures in and around the Glacial National Park. If you are a golf addict, you need not worry at all! A couple of golf courses are there to satisfy your golf thirsts. Photographers would love the place not only for its incredible elegance, but also for the availability of all photographic accessories.
As the small town almost entirely depends on tourism, there’s no scarcity of facilities here that a tourist would ask for. There are 7 hotels, 15 specialty lodging and 19 vacation rentals that offer affordable along with well-furnished dwelling amenities to tourists of different financial class.
West Glacier provides you with a wide range of food variety. A good number of restaurants offering American cuisine, steakhouses, pizza places, barbeque inns and coffee shops, serving delicious food items to food lovers. West Glacier is one portion of Montana visitors should experience in their traveling!
Photo Information: This photo is provided by and given credit to Nomadic Lass – on Flickr.com with permission via Creative Commons Licensing.