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The Best of Glacier National Park

Program No. 21016RJ
Discover Glacier National Park as you raft Flathead River, explore alpine trails, visit pristine lakes and learn how glaciers carved this stunning landscape eons ago.

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Jul 8 - Jul 13, 2024
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Filling Fast!
Jul 8 - Jul 13, 2024
Starting at
3,459
Filling Fast!
Jul 15 - Jul 20, 2024
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3,459
Filling Fast!
Jul 22 - Jul 27, 2024
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3,459
Filling Fast!
Jul 29 - Aug 3, 2024
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3,459
Filling Fast!
Aug 5 - Aug 10, 2024
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3,459
Filling Fast!
Aug 12 - Aug 17, 2024
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3,459
Aug 19 - Aug 24, 2024
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3,459
Aug 26 - Aug 31, 2024
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3,459
Sep 2 - Sep 7, 2024
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3,459

At a Glance

From our lodging inside Glacier National Park, explore different areas of the park daily and return to relax on cool summer evenings on spectacular Lake McDonald. Experience the grandeur of Glacier National Park — so named because its dramatic landscape was carved by glaciers eons ago. Encounter the wonder and splendor within this “Crown of the Continent” during daily field trips to the Lake McDonald Valley, Logan Pass and along the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Field trips are enhanced by instructors, naturalists and other experts detailing the variety of life, mammoth lakes and serrated peaks in one of nature’s greatest works of art.
Activity Level
Outdoor: No Sweat
Hiking two miles daily over varied terrain. Possible optional hikes up to five miles some days. Some stairs; getting in/out of vans, bus, and water raft. Elevations of 3,153-7,200 feet.

Best of all, you’ll…

  • Travel the historic Going-to-the-Sun Road for spectacular views of rugged peaks, vast valleys and idyllic waterfalls.
  • Float down the scenic Middle Fork of the Flathead River.
  • Touch the Continental Divide.

General Notes

Participants split into smaller groups of about 10 for daily field trips and hikes.
Featured Expert
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Lynda Saul
Lynda Saul recently retired from a 30-year career protecting Montana wetlands and rivers. During graduate school in forest hydrology, she lived on a llama ranch taking care of 50 llamas, resulting in leading llama pack trips in Yellowstone National Park. She loves exploring Montana’s wild places and sharing her enthusiasm for the wild, magical beauty of nature. She recently moved to the Flathead valley and is now a citizen scientist monitoring water quality, recording bird observations, and learning about her new habitat.

Please note: This expert may not be available for every date of this program.

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Lynda Saul recently retired from a 30-year career protecting Montana wetlands and rivers. During graduate school in forest hydrology, she lived on a llama ranch taking care of 50 llamas, resulting in leading llama pack trips in Yellowstone National Park. She loves exploring Montana’s wild places and sharing her enthusiasm for the wild, magical beauty of nature. She recently moved to the Flathead valley and is now a citizen scientist monitoring water quality, recording bird observations, and learning about her new habitat.
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Rob Quist is an award-winning American singer, songwriter, and published poet. He has toured nationally and internationally for more than five decades. As a Boy Scout, he participated in countless hikes and campouts in Glacier Park that included trail work and campground maintenance. His love of Montana's wild lands is reflected in his original poems and songs, including a song and video written and performed with Jack Gladstone titled “America...Pass It On” that won a finalist award at the National Geographic Wildlife Film Festival.
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Daphne Dennison View biography
Daphne Dennison, a native Montanan, grew up with Glacier National Park as her backyard. She has a love of nature, the outdoors, and photography. As a photographer, she stops for many photo opportunities, which are everywhere in this beautiful place. She loves to share her passion for history, the park, and Montana with Road Scholars. When she is not working, she can be found hanging out with her dog, Apache, and exploring ghost towns across the West.
Visit the Road Scholar Bookshop
You can find many of the books we recommend at the Road Scholar store on bookshop.org, a website that supports local bookstores.
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park
by James Willard Schultz
The author writes a series of diary entries as his Blackfoot friends tell stories in the lodge or around the fire at the end of the day. He has managed to keep the compelling style of his original material, told by talented story tellers. The stories run the gamut from tribal history to legend and myth and convey something of Blackfoot culture, daily life, and beliefs.
Going-to-the-Sun Road: Glacier National Park's Highway to the Sky
by C.W. Guthrie
Traveling Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road is an experience like no other. Laborers toiled for nearly 20 years to complete the 50-mile road that winds an impossible route through the heart of Glacier. One of the most scenic highways in the world, this marvel of engineering set the standard for all national parks. C. W. Guthrie tells the intriguing tale of the history and the construction of the epic Going-to-the-Sun Road. Includes more than 60 black-and-white historic and color photographs, maps.
Grizzly Country
by Andy Russell
The grizzly bear has always inspired awe in man, but the animal's true nature and character has long been shrouded in myth. Few people know grizzlies as Andy Russell does, and in Grizzly Country he shares stories from a lifetime of experience observing them, first as hunter, then as cameraman. In wonderfully engaging prose, he reveals the life cycle of this remarkable creature.
Moon Glacier National Park: Including Waterton Lakes National Park
by Becky Lomax
Writer, editor, and avid outdoorswoman Becky Lomax offers an insider’s perspective on Glacier National Park. From hiking through multi-color meadows filled with wildflowers to observing the Sperry Glacier, a victim of global warming that will vanish in less than two decades, Lomax knows the best ways to enjoy the park’s one million acres of wilderness. She also includes unique trip strategies for travelers with specific interests and restrictions, including a Wildlife-Watching tour and a whirlwind One Day in Glacier tour. Whether it’s biking up Going-to-the-Sun Road or watching a grizzly forage in huckleberries, Moon Glacier National Park gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
Geology Along Going-to-the-Sun Road
by Raup, Earhart, Whipple, and Carrara
With this colorful and lively guide, Glacier National Park visitors can tour the fascinating geologic events that created the park's majestic scenery. Complete with an easy-to-read map that offers a three-dimensional perspective on the area's geology, Geology Along Going-to-the-Sun Road gives lay readers and geologists alike a glimpse into Glacier's unique geologic summary.
Wildflowers of Glacier National Park
by Shannon Fitzpatrick Kimball and Peter Lesica
Wildflowers of Glacier National park and Surrounding Areas is a user-friendly guide featuring over 300 of Glacier National Park's most common plant species. From wildflowers to trees to grasses and sedges, this book features beautiful photographs, detailed descriptions, notes on habitat and fun facts for each plant. It's a perfect plant reference for anyone with an interest in the natural history and splendor of Glacier National Park. The index lists plants both by their common and scientific names.
Glacier - A Natural History Guide
by David Rockwell
Author and naturalist David Rockwell presents in-depth descriptions of the geology, history, flora, and fauna of the park. He explains the park's evolution from the erosion of Siberian mountains more than a billion years ago to the glaciers that gave Glacier National Park its distinctive landscape. He examines the park's great predators-grizzly bears, mountain lions, and wolves-and their complex relationship with their prey. The result is a fascinating and intimate portrait of one of the world's last wild places.





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