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Glacier National Park Travel Guide

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    To receive information about the park before your trip, contact the Superintendent, Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT 59936 (tel. 406/888-7800; www.nps.gov/glac). The Glacier Natural History Association offers numerous publications; for a catalog, contact the association at P.O. Box 310, West Glacier, MT 59936 (tel. 406/888-5756; fax 406/888-5271; www.glacierassociation.org).

    For up-to-date information on park activities once you arrive, check in at visitor centers located at Apgar, Logan Pass, and St. Mary. St. Mary is open from mid-May to mid-October; Logan Pass from mid-June to mid-October; and Apgar from May through October (and weekends during the winter). Park information may also be obtained from the Many Glacier Ranger Station or park headquarters in West Glacier. General park information is available about Glacier at tel. 406/888-7800 and www.nps.gov/glac; or about Waterton at tel. 403/859-5133, or on the Web at parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/waterton. The Alberta Information Center is located in a conspicuously modern building in West Glacier, providing information about Waterton-Glacier and other attractions in Alberta. There are also numerous exhibits about Canadian life and culture.

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Near the end of the hike--Iceberg Lake is below the snow field on the mountain in the middle On the Hidden Lake trail. The actual trail is a wood boardwalk to minimize impact on the meadow but it is still covered by snow. Near the start of the Grinnell Glacier Trail Mountain goats we encountered
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