Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Meet Your Guides x
Trail Finder xi
Before You Hit the Trail xiv
Natural History xiv
Using This Guide xviii
Planning Your Trip xix
How to Use the Maps xx
Crossing the International Border xx
Waterton Park Inns and Resorts "Hiking Challenge" xx
Park Shuttle xxi
A Few Words of Caution xxi
Short Strolls and Nature Walks xxiii
Glacier National Park xxiii
Waterton Lakes National Park xxx
Map Legend xxxii
The Hikes
The North Fork 1
1 Boulder Pass 3
2 Bowman Lake-Brown Pass 10
3 Akokala Lake 12
4 Numa Ridge Lookout 15
5 Quartz Lakes Loop 17
6 Logging Lake 20
Connecting Hikes 22
The Lake McDonald Area 23
7 Trout Lake 24
8 Huckleberry Mountain Lookout 29
9 Apgar Lookout 31
10 Lake McDonald 34
11 Lincoln Lake 37
12 Fish Lake 40
13 Mount Brown Lookout 42
14 Snyder Lakes 44
15 Avalanche Lake 46
Additional Hikes 47
The Highline and Waterton Valley 50
16 Hidden Lake 51
17 The Garden Wall 54
18 Northern Highline 58
19 Waterton Valley 61
Connecting Hikes 63
The Southern Sector 66
20 Harrison Lake 68
21 Loneman Lookout 71
22 Nyack-Coal Creek Loop 73
23 Lake Isabel 78
24 Scalplock Lookout 82
25 Firebrand Pass-Ole Lake 84
Additional Hikes 85
Two Medicine 88
26 Scenic Point 90
27 Cobalt Lake-Two Medicine Pass 93
28 Upper Two Medicine Lake 96
29 Dawson-Pitamakan 98
30 Cut Bank Creek 102
31 Medicine Grizzly Lake-Triple Divide Pass 106
Connecting Hikes 109
The St. Mary Valley 110
32 Red Eagle Lake 112
33 Otokomi Lake 116
34 St. Mary and Virginia Falls 117
35 St. Mary Lake 119
36 Gunsight Pass 123
37 Piegan Pass 129
38 Siyeh Pass 132
Connecting Hikes 134
Many Glacier 135
39 Cracker Lake 136
40 The Grinnell Complex 139
41 Swiftcurrent Pass 144
42 Iceberg Lake 147
43 Ptarmigan Tunnel 150
44 Poia Lake-Redgap Pass 154
Additional Hikes 156
The Belly River Country 157
45 Belly River Trail 158
46 Mokowanis River-Stoney Indian Pass 163
47 Slide Lake-Gable Pass 167
48 Lee Ridge 171
Connecting Hikes 173
Waterton Lakes National Park 174
49 Carthew-Alderson Trail 176
50 Bertha Lake 181
51 Crypt Lake 184
52 Vimy Peak 187
53 Lineham Falls 190
54 Rowe Lakes 193
55 The Tamarack Trail 196
56 Blakiston Valley 200
57 The Snowshoo Trail-Twin Lakes 204
58 Lost Lake-Avion Ridge 207
59 Goat Lake 211
60 The Oil Basin 214
Additional Hikes 216
Extended Trips 217
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail 217
The Great Northern Traverse 218
The Highline Trail 219
The North Circle 219
Appendix A Further Reading 221
Appendix B For More Information 222
Appendix C Fishing Opportunities 223
Appendix D Backcountry Campground Table and Gps Coordinates 225
Hike Index 230
About The Glacier Association 232
