The drive up 'Going To The Sun Road' among the tall Glacier Peaks atop the Continental Divide is exhilarating. Glacier Park is one of the few national parks where you will actually see wildlife around every corner. Trout and salmon jump up the rivers and creeks. Grizzly and brown bears can be viewed eating huckleberries or fishing. Deer, elk, bighorn sheep and mountain goats will cross the roads in front of you.
Hiking trails are abundant.
You can choose to hike the backwoods and backpack into the wilderness, take a short hike at the top of the continental divide, or take an easy stroll on the 'Trail of the Giant Cedars'. There are over 700 miles of trails to choose from. Due to its geographic location and geologic history, Glacier National Park contains a particularly rich biological diversity of plant and animal species. This combination of spectacular scenery, diverse flora and fauna, and relative isolation from major population centers have combined to make Glacier National Park the center of one of the largest and most intact ecosystems in North America. Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta were joined together by the governments of Canada and the United States in 1932 as Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the first park of its kind in the world.