US Northwest Inland Northwest Annual Glacier Trip!

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PapaDave

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It’s almost here! Ever been to Montana’s Caribbean beach? Ever tasted the famous Huckleberry bear claws at a quaint off-grid town bordering the less traveled Glacier entrance? Ever camped on the river stones of the Flat Head river yards away from the boundary of Glacier National Park? Ever made the rocky climb through the Ten Lakes wilderness or cruise the gorgeous highway alongside Lake Koocanusa? This trip is gonna be awesome!


 

PapaDave

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This is a great trip! If you can make one trip this summer this is the one!

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PapaDave

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Kootenai Falls Swinging Bridge

We can hit this on the way home, they have great milkshakes there too at the snack shack

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PapaDave

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THINGS TO KNOW

Be sure to download the GPX file for this trip as we will not have service for large sections of the trip.

1- The trail will get dusty so you need to have amber lights installed on the rear upper portion of your vehicle. You can get simple ones off of Amazon that plug into a cigarette lighter if need be, or build them permanently on your rig. But they need to be amber as it has the longest wavelength and diffuses less in the dust and helps the vehicle behind you SEE you.

2- You also need to have a GMRS radio which you can get pretty affordably off of Amazon. Something like a Baofeng is fine. Please understand how to use it and get to channel 17 before the trip starts.

Both of these are essential in order to come along on this trip. Otherwise you can place yourself and others in danger And we want a safe and fun time. Bear spray is a good idea as well.
 

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Once again Dave you have come up with another great trip. Have fun!!
 
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