DatesSep 12th - Sep 18th 2010 Service ProjectTrail maintenance & elevated trail construction Free DaysDay hiking, fishing, photography, wildlife viewing AccommodationsTent camping near cars Trip RatingStrenuous : High altitude, hiking, digging, lifting, rockwork, sawing, hauling LeadersRuth Sarvis Equipment |
The spectacular glaciated landscape of Glacier National Park is a hiker's paradise containing 700 miles of maintained trails. Straddling the Continental Divide, Glacier is composed of chiseled peaks (several of 10,000 feet), turquoise lakes, dense forests, wild rivers, windswept ridges, lush alpine meadows and plentiful wildlife. One participant last year said "we heard coyotes and elk at night, and saw bears, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goats aplenty." Glacier NP is adjacent to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex on the south, and taken as a unit, they are the largest contiguous wilderness in the lower 48 states. Additionally it borders Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada to the north. The Glacier and Waterton parks have been jointly designated World Heritage Sites. Our service project is conducting trail maintenance and elevated trail construction on some of the Park's many trails within hiking distance of our car and tent campground at Many Glacier. The area is home to many kinds of wildlife, most prominent being the majestic grizzly bear which is frequently seen foraging for bulbs and berries on the open slopes of the surrounding mountains. Free time can be spent fishing the area's many lakes and rivers, or hiking the many trails that radiate out from Many Glacier Campground, including the spectacular 10-mile round trip through high country with big views to the Ptarmigan Tunnel.
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