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Intro to Glacier National Park Staying Safe in Glacier Life at Rising Sun: A Summer Spent in Glacier Intro to NW Montana Sights from Montana's Roads Lake McDonald Avalanche Lake Trail of the Cedars Fish Lake Howe Lake Going to the Sun Road and Logan Pass Hidden Lake Highline Trail Sunrift Gorge St. Mary Lake -Rising Sun -St. Mary Falls and Baring Falls -Sun Point -Otokomi Lake East Glacier and Two Medicine Scenic Point Running Eagle Falls (Trick Falls) Many Glacier and surrounding areas Belly River Cracker Lake Waterton Lakes Nat'l Park and Canada Cameron Falls Bear's Hump Red Rock Canyon and Blakiston Falls Police Outpost Lake Animals of Glacier Bear, Bighorn Sheep, Fox, Marmot, Mule Deer, Rocky Mountain Goat, Squirrels References and Links All photos and content are by Alicia Caouette except where stated otherwise. Unauthorized use or reproduction is strictly prohibited without expressed permission. Thanks. |
 The hike up Bears Hump is another popular one. It's only maybe a mile long one way, but gains about 1200 feet (forgive me, I'm trying hard to remember). So it's short enough that the extreme elevation gain isn't likely to kill you, but high enough to break a sweat. To give you a bit of an idea, there are switchbacks...and stairs, lots and lots of stairs. Bears Hump is not a stand-alone mountain, but a huge outcropping of weather-worn rocks on the side of Mount Crandell. In this next picture Bears Hump is the leftmost arm of the mountain on the right, which is Mount Crandell. Mount Anderson is the peak behind it.  To get there, find the trailhead across the street on the right from the Prince of Wales Hotel, and there are bathrooms here and a ranger station. On mid-summer days this trail is packed, so plan for a weekday or off season if you want to have a second or two by yourself at the top. Better still, avoid mid-afternoons as well for two reasons: it's hotter and if it's a blustery day you don't want to be exposed on that ridge during a mid-afternoon thunderstorm.  The view from up here is spectacular! You can see the Prince of Wales Hotel, Lower and Upper Waterton Lakes, the Waterton Townsite, and of course the surrounding mountains.  
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Bears Hump