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6 DAYS, 5 NIGHTS
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All meals included except 1 dinner.

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Whitefish, Montana

Special Interest

Geological Wonders, Natural Beauty &/or Wildlife

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Glacier Montana Biking Vacations

Glacier Biking

Through Glacier & Waterton Lakes National Parks

Montana, with its vast blue skies and endless horizon, surely deserves its moniker “Big Sky Country.” Discover this awesome beauty for yourself during a ride along Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road, which according to Outside magazine, “provides a year's worth of extraordinary mountain scenery in one trip.” Then, cross the Canadian border to explore Waterton Lakes National Park, a spellbinding tableau of saw-edged mountain ranges, broad lakes and rugged glacial valleys.

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Day 1 lake mcdonald

Meet in Whitefish Ride to Lake McDonald Lodge, stopping to take in stunning views of Lake McDonald and the surrounding valley from McGee Meadow Overlook.

Day 2 many glacier valley

Ascend the breathtaking Going-to-the-Sun Road, a spectacular route that offers some of the most stunning mountain scenery in the world: sparkling waterfalls, expansive virgin forests, sculpted valleys and towering peaks glazed with ice Enjoy views of the Continental Divide at the top of Logan Pass before descending to Upper St. Mary Lake and the Many Glacier Valley.

Days 3-4 waterton lakes

Ride to Waterton Lakes National Park, which along with Glacier, comprises an international peace park commemorating the long friendship between the United States and Canada Picnic on the shore of Belly River before riding on to Waterton Lake What are you in the mood for? Optional activities include hiking, biking, horseback riding, a boat cruise or browsing in the shops of Waterton Townsite.

Days 5-6 east glacier

Pedal the rollercoaster route along the eastern perimeter of Glacier National Park against a spectacular backdrop of meadows, forests and mountains It's a short climb to Marias Pass, followed by a mostly downhill spin along the Flathead River to West Glacier.

Route Rating What's this? Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. Each offers options for more or less activity, so you can decide exactly how much you want to do day by day.

Lodging What's this? Our lodgings are divided into three different categories.

Premiere Inns:These lodgings possess both elegance and authentic regional flair.

Casual Inns:These lodgings are comfortable and appropriate to the areawith such characteristics as authenticity, scenic settings and proximity to our activities.

Deluxe Camping:We set up the tents (and take them down), handle every camp chore and perform culinary magic.

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Another wonderful Backroads experience. Your service is first-rate and the trips well thought out and planned. The scenery was the star on this trip and the biking extraordinary. The challenge is determining when and where to go next with you!
Sarah Carothers—Cambridge, MA

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For more than 29 years, Backroads has been perfecting the art of active travel. We are the Montana tour experts. For biking tours in USA, trust our in-depth connections. To see all our USA biking tours click here. For our selection of award-winning USA walking and hiking tours click here. For our selection of award-winning USA multisport tours click here.

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MOUNTAIN LODGES : Casual Inns

Lake McDonald Lodge

Lake McDonald (1 night): Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it features a massive stone fireplace in the lobby and a terrace overlooking the lake.

Many Glacier Hotel

Many Glacier Valley (1 night): An early-1900s Swiss chalet-style hotel set on the shore of Swiftcurrent Lake, amid the peaks of the Many Glacier Valley. should there be a comma after Lake?

Prince of Wales Hotel

Waterton Lakes (2 nights): This historic green-gabled hotel offers vistas of the mountains reflected in glacier-fed lakes.

Glacier Park Lodge

East Glacier (1 night): Located on the park's eastern edge in Blackfeet country; immense timbers hold aloft its expansive lobby ceiling.

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Prince of Wales Hotel

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Route Rating

Daily Mileage Options & Cumulative Elevation Gain

Day 1
  • Levels 1 to 2 2 Route Options Available
  • 19, 24 miles
  • 500 - 1000 feet elevation gain
Day 2
  • Levels 3 to 5  2 Route Options Available
  • 40, 60 miles
  • 1000 - 4000 feet elevation gain
Day 3
  • Levels 3 to 4  3 Route Options Available
  • 33, 50, 62 miles
  • 1000 - 2500 feet elevation gain
Day 4
  • Levels 1 to 3  2 Route Options Available
  • Optional Biking 20, 40 miles
  • 800 - 2000 feet elevation gain
  • Optional Activities

 Day 5

  • Levels 3 to 5 4 Route Options Available
  • 31, 66, 77, 92 miles
  • 1500 - 5000 feet elevation gain
Day 6
  • Levels 2 to 5  2 Route Options Available
  • 30, 57 miles
  • 1000 feet elevation gain
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Trips For All Abilities

Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. We know your pace may vary from one day to the next-and your traveling companion's may differ somewhat from yours. So we present a range of mileage options, and each day you decide exactly what and how much you want to do.

Activity Level Average Time Average Distance
    Biking Walking
& Hiking
1 2-3
hours		 10-20
miles		 2-5
miles
2 2-4
hours		 21-30
miles		 5-7
miles
3 3-5
hours		 31-40
miles		 7-9
miles
4 4-6
hours		 41-55
miles		 9-11
miles
5 5-7+
hours		 56-75+
miles		 11-13+
miles