PRACTICAL WANDERLUST
Ice-capped mountains. Sweeping valleys. Aquamarine lakes spilling into gushing waterfalls. Welcome to Glacier National Park, one of the USA’s first – and best – stunning National Parks.
Glacier National Park features some of the most beautiful natural landscapes that you’ll find anywhere in the country. If it’s not on your bucket list already, haul it out right now and add it!
The primary road through Glacier National Park, Going to the Sun Road, is a feat of engineering. The road winds through the valleys before suddenly plunging upwards and climbing turn by turn through the mountains of Glacier National Park.
Be sure to time your visit just right: the road opens in June or July and closes for weather-related reasons around late September or early October, so be sure to check that date before you go.
The road is 50 miles long and takes about 2 hours one-way with no stopping (but you’ll definitely be stopping a few times, so allow yourself extra time).
The real draw, and the reason we recommend splurging on a night here, is the view. Ohhhh, the view!
The hotel is located on the banks of the glacial blue Swiftcurrent Lake, seated at the base of jaw-dropping glacier-covered mountains. The hotel’s wraparound deck offers the best lakeside sunset view I’ve ever seen!