“Going to the Sun Road” (or “Sun Road” for short) is one of the world’s most spectacular highways. The 53-mile-long road runs west-to-east across the middle of the park. Sun Road starts at West Glacier, travels along Lake McDonald, and hugs the cliffs up to where it crosses the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It then descends along St. Mary Lake to the east edge of the park.
Glacier National Park is one of the few places in North America where all the native carnivores thrive, including bears, moose, wolves, coyotes and cougars. Large predators indicate a healthy landscape and ecosystem with abundant prey, intact habitats and tolerant people. (National Park Service)
We saw ten bears in Glacier NP: five grizzlies and five black bears. We saw more bears in this one trip than we’ve seen in all other parks combined. This mom and two cub black bears were foraging for food along the Flathead River. They were very playful, especially the cubs, and often got up on two feet to fetch food from the bushes. (more…)
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