OUR FAMILY HAS VISITED THIS PARK DURING THE SUMMER AND MY HUSBAND AND I VISITED IT DURING OUR TIME WHEN WE WORKED AS ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS IN THE DAKOTAS. IT HAS A NUMBER OF GLACIERS AND SEEMS THAT THE PEAKS ALWAYS HAVE SNOW. THERE ARE MANY BEARS IN THE PARK SO IT IS BEST TO MAKE NOISE AS YOU WALK OR HIKE OR BRING A PARTNER.
THE TERRAIN IS RUGGED AND IT IS HOME TO THE BLACKFOOT INDIANS. THEY HUNTED THE BISON WHICH BECAME EXTINCT IN THE 1880'S. SO THEY HAD TO ADAPT TO A COMPLETLY DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE. THE DEVELOPED RANCHES AND FARMS AND GREW CORN, BEANS, SQUASH AND OTHER VEGETABLES, AND LEARNED TO HUNT SMALLER MAMMALS FOR FOOD.
THE ROADS ARE GOOD AND AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD IS A GREAT VISITOR CENTER. WE HAVE ENJOYED HIKING ALONG SOME OF THE RIDGE TRAILS. WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THIS PARK AND I THINK WE CAMPED HERE WITH OUR WINNEBAGO YEARS AGO.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST RUGGED PARKS IN THE COUNTRY WITH MOUNTAIN PEAKS REACHING OVER 12,000 FEET HIGH. IT WAS DESIGNATED A WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 1995. BY 1880 PRESIDENT TAFT DESIGNATED IT AS A NATIONAL PARK.
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