Glacier National Park

A shuttle bus with bike racks takes travellers from Whitefish to Apgar, which is the western entrance to Glacier National Park. The ride takes about 50 minutes and costs only $10 each for the return trip. We were the only customers!

After the solitude and remoteness of the previous days, the huge number of people, cars and RVs was a shock to the system! All camp sites are booked out a year in advance. Lucky they keep a few spots for hikers and cyclists! It was very cozy, but also fun meeting all the others.

Our nightly cold "bath" with a fabulous view (instead of a shower). Lake McDonald.

The only road disecting the National Park is from Apgar over the spectacular Logan Pass to Saint Mary on the eastern boundary. The park services run a regular free shuttle bus, again with bike racks. So we caught the first shuttle to the top of the pass, cycled down the eastern side of it, had lunch, caught a shuttle back to Logan Pass and cycled down the western side of it. It felt like cheating, but this is not part of the Great Divide Ride and it was so much fun!

View from Logan Pass and the road from Apgar. Many back country hiking trails start here, but again, bookings are made a year in advance.

The eastern side of the park had a fire in 2015.

Saint Mary Lake.

Kirsten taking a break and soaking up the view. Note the visi vest. There were thousands of cars but everybody was very slow around the narrow bends and very bike friendly. We even witnessed a "bear jam", a young black bear crossing the road and bringing traffic to a halt.

Some more flora and fauna: a mountain goat ....

.... a ground squirrel and ....

... alpine flowers.