Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Natural History 1
Using This Guide 5
Planning Your Trip 6
How to Use the Maps 6
Crossing the International Border 7
Waterton Park Inns and Resorts "Hiking Challenge" 7
Park Shuttle 7
A Few Words of Caution 8
Short Strolls and Nature Walks 11
Glacier National Park 11
Waterton Lakes National Park 20
Trail Finder 22
Map Legend 26
The Hikes
The North Fork 27
1 Boulder Pass 29
2 Bowman Lake-Brown Pass 34
3 Akokala Lake 36
4 Numa Ridge Lookout 38
5 Quartz Lakes Loop 39
6 Logging Lake 41
Connecting Hikes 43
The Lake McDonald Area 44
7 Trout Lake 46
8 Huckleberry Mountain Lookout 50
9 Apgar Lookout 52
10 Lake McDonald 55
11 Lincoln Lake 58
12 Fish Lake 61
13 Mount Brown Lookout 63
14 Snyder Lakes 65
15 Avalanche Lake 67
Additional Hikes 69
The Highline and Waterton Lake Vicinity 71
16 Hidden Lake 73
17 The Garden Wall 75
18 Northern Highline 80
19 Waterton Valley 82
Connecting Hikes 85
The Southern Sector 87
20 Harrison Lake 89
21 Loneman Lookout 91
22 Nyack- Coal Creek Loop 93
23 Lake Isabel 97
24 Scalplock Lookout 101
25 Firebrand Pass-Ole Lake 102
Additional Hikes 103
Two Medicine 105
26 Scenic Point 107
27 Cobalt Lake-Two Medicine Pass 110
28 Upper Two Medicine Lake 112
29 Dawson-Pitamakan 113
30 Cut Bank Creek 118
31 Medicine Grizdy Lake-Triple Divide Pass 122
Connecting Hikes 124
The St. Mary Valley 125
32 Red Eagle Lake 127
33 Otokomi Lake 131
34 St. Mary and Virginia Falls 132
35 St. Mary Lake 134
36 Gunsight Pass 136
37 Piegan Pass 141
38 Siyeh Pass 143
Connecting Hikes 145
Many Glacier 146
39 Cracker Lake 148
40 The Grinnell Complex 150
41 Swiftcurrent Pass 154
42 Iceberg Lake 156
43 Ptarmigan Tunnel 158
44 Poia Lake-Redgap Pass 161
Additional Hikes 162
The Belly River Country 163
45 Belly River Trail 165
46 Mokowanis River-Stoney Indian Pass 168
47 Slide Lake-Gable Pass 172
Connecting Hikes 174
Waterton Lakes National Park 175
48 Carthew-Alderson Trail 177
49 Bertha Lake 182
50 Crypt Lake 184
51 Vimy Peak 187
52 Lineham Falls 190
53 Rowe Lakes 192
54 The Tamarack Trail 194
55 Blakiston Valley 198
56 The Snowshoe Trail-Twin Lakes 202
57 Lost Lake-Avion Ridge 205
58 Goat Lake 207
59 The Oil Basin 210
Additional Hikes 211
Extended Trips 213
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail 213
The Great Northern Traverse 214
The Highline Trail 215
The North Circle 216
Appendix A Further Reading 217
Appendix B For More Information 218
Appendix C Fishing Opportunities 219
Appendix D Backcountry Campground Table and GPS Coordinates 221
Hike Index 226
About the Authors 228
About the Glacier Association 229
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