Quote Originally Posted by Thorn View Post
When are you leaving? Which side of the park?

We just got back (last night at midnight to be exact). We had some awesome roads, some so-so roads, and one that you want to avoid at all cost, despite the fact that it is on cue sheets.

I'll post more later, but we started in Whitefish, rode to Lake MacDonald (some terrifying bits), over Going-to-the-Sun road (awesome), up to Waterton and back on the east side of the park.

We spent more time on bike than hiking, but out of our group, we saw but one bear. Lots of small fauna, lots of wild flowers.
We will be there in August. We have been seeking out hills to ride and riding on very windy days to at least have a chance of being ready to ride part of going to the sun road.

I was already afraid of bears, now it will be worse! But I don't think my teenage kids are fit enough to do any real serious back country hiking. I'm sure we'll be sticking to easier shorter trails. And will definately educate everyone on bear protection.

I've been researching this trip for years. I'm just not sure how my fitness level translates to being able to ride my bike in the mountains.