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Glacier National Park contains many beautiful camping-spots, and camping tours independent of hotels or chalets are popular for tourists who like to ”rough it.” The Park Saddle-Horse Company will furnish complete outfits at following prices for trips of 10 or more days:--
_Rates for complete camping tours_
_Cost per day per person_ 1 person $25.00 2 persons 15.75 3 persons 12.65 4 persons 12.40 5 persons 11.30 6 persons 10.60 7 persons 10.00 8 persons 9.70 9 persons 9.60 10 persons or more 9.50
The above rates include the necessary guides, cooks, saddle-horses, pack-horses, provisions, tents, cooking-utensils, stoves, and everything except blankets. Tourists are advised to bring their own blankets or bedding, or they can rent blankets from the outfitters at $1.00 per pair.
The rates below are for the most popular trips that are taken. In all cases meals and lodgings will be extra at the hotels, chalets, or teepees at the regular rate:--
One-day trips:-- Glacier Park Hotel to Two Medicine Chalets by automobile, and return $3.00 Glacier Park Hotel to Going-to-the-Sun Chalets by automobile and launch, and return 8.50 Glacier Park Hotel to Mount Henry and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Many Glacier Hotel to Iceberg Lake and return, horseback 3.50 Many Glacier Hotel to Grinnell Lake and return, afternoon trip, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 3.50 Many Glacier Hotel to Grinnell Glacier and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Many Glacier Hotel to Cracker Lake and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Many Glacier Hotel to Granite Park Chalets and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.50 Many Glacier Hotel to Ptarmigan Lake and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 3.50 Many Glacier Hotel to Morning Eagle Falls and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Many Glacier Hotel to Going-to-the-Sun Chalets via Piegan Pa.s.s, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 St. Mary Chalets to Red Eagle Lake and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Going-to-the-Sun Chalets to Roe's Basin and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Going-to-the-Sun Chalets to s.e.xton Glacier and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 3.50 Going-to-the-Sun Chalets to Gunsight Lake and return, horseback (minimum 3 persons) 4.00 Going-to-the-Sun Chalets to Many Glacier Hotel via Piegan Pa.s.s, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Head of Lake McDonald to Sperry Glacier and Sperry Chalets and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Head of Lake McDonald to Lincoln Peak and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00 Head of Lake McDonald to Avalanche Basin and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) $4.00 Head of Lake McDonald to Snyder Lake and return, horseback (minimum, 3 persons) 4.00
Two-day trips:-- Glacier Park Hotel to Many Glacier Hotel and St.
Mary and Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, and return, automobile, and launch 14.50 Glacier Park Hotel to Two Medicine Chalets via road or Mount Henry trail, and return (minimum, 3 persons) 8.00 Many Glacier Hotel to Granite Park Chalets and return, horseback 8.00 Going-to-the-Sun Chalets to Glacier Hotel on Lake McDonald, horseback (minimum, 5 persons) 8.00 Head of Lake McDonald to Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, horseback (minimum, 5 persons) 8.00
Three-day trips:-- Glacier Park Hotel to St. Mary Chalets, Many Glacier Hotel, Iceberg Lake, and Going-to-the-Sun Chalets and return, automobile, horseback, and launch 18.00 Glacier Park Hotel to Two Medicine Chalets, Mount Morgan Pa.s.s, Cut Bank Chalets, Triple Divide Peak, Red Eagle Lake, and St. Mary Chalets, horseback (minimum, 5 persons) 13.25 St. Mary Chalets to Glacier Park Hotel, reverse of preceding trip (minimum, 5 persons) 13.25
Four-day trip:-- Glacier Park Hotel to St. Mary Chalets, Many Glacier Hotel, Iceberg Lake, Granite Park Chalets, Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, St. Mary Chalets and return to Glacier Park Hotel, automobile, horseback, and launch 22.50
Five-day trips:-- Glacier Park Hotel to Many Glacier Hotel, Iceberg Lake, Granite Park Chalets, Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, St. Mary Chalets, and return to Glacier Park Hotel, automobile, horseback, and launch 26.00 Glacier Park Hotel to Two Medicine Chalets, Mount Morgan Pa.s.s, Cut Bank Chalets, Triple Divide Peak, Red Eagle Lake, St. Mary Chalets, Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, Piegan Pa.s.s, and Many Glacier Hotel, horseback (minimum, 5 persons) $18.00 Many Glacier Hotel to Glacier Park Hotel, reverse of preceding trip (minimum, 5 persons) 18.00 Going-to-the-Sun Chalets to Piegan Pa.s.s, Many Glacier Hotel, Swift Current Pa.s.s, Granite Park Chalets, Garden Wall Trail, Glacier Hotel on Lake McDonald, Sperry Glacier, Sperry Chalets, Gunsight Pa.s.s, and return to Going-to-the-Sun Chalets (this trip cannot be taken until the completion of the new trail over the Garden Wall, about August 1, 1917; minimum, 5 persons) 20.00 Many Glacier Hotel over route described above and return to Many Glacier (minimum, 5 persons) 20.00 Hotels at head of Lake McDonald over route described above and return to head of Lake McDonald (minimum, 5 persons) 20.00
Six-day trip:-- Glacier Park Hotel to St. Mary Chalets, Many Glacier Hotel, Iceberg Lake, Granite Park Chalets, Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, s.e.xton Glacier, and return to Glacier Park Hotel; automobile, launch, and saddle-horse 30.70
Seven-day trip:-- Glacier Park Hotel to Many Glacier Hotel, Iceberg Lake, Granite Park Chalets, Cracker Lake, Going-to-the-Sun Chalets, s.e.xton Glacier, and return to Glacier Park Hotel, automobile, saddle-horse, and launch 34.70
Points of Interest
_Miles_ Reached from Glacier Park Hotel:-- Mount Henry, trail 7
Reached from Two Medicine Chalets:-- Trick Falls, road 2 Upper Two Medicine Lake, trail or boat and trail 4 Bighorn Basin, trail 4 Dawson Pa.s.s, trail 6 Mount Henry, trail 4
Reached from Cut Bank Chalets:-- Red Eagle Lake, trail 16 Cut Bank Pa.s.s, trail 7 Triple Divide Peak, trail 8
Reached from St. Mary Chalets:-- Red Eagle Lake, trail 8 Red Eagle Pa.s.s and Glacier, trail 16
Reached from Going-to-the-Sun Chalets:-- Roe's Basin, poor trail 6 s.e.xton Glacier, trail 4 Piegan Pa.s.s, trail 12
Reached from Many Glacier Hotel:-- Appekung Basin, trail 4 Iceberg Lake, trail 7 Cracker Lake, trail 7 Grinnell Lake, trail 5 Footpath to Grinnell Glacier 2 miles from Grinnell Lake.
Piegan Pa.s.s and Garden Wall, trail 10 Swift Current Pa.s.s, trail 7 Ptarmigan Lake, trail 7 Morning Eagle Falls 5
Reached from Glacier and Park Hotels at Head of Lake McDonald:-- Paradise Canon, trail; 4 miles from Glacier Hotel, 2 miles from Park Hotel.
Avalanche Basin, trail; 9 miles from Glacier Hotel, 7 miles from Park Hotel.
Trout Lake, trail; 8 miles from Glacier Hotel, 9 miles from Park Hotel.
Stanton Mountain, trail to the summit; 7 miles from Glacier Hotel, 5 miles from Park Hotel.
Snyder Lake, trail; 4 miles from Glacier Hotel, 6 miles from Park Hotel.