Am going to be traveling from Northern Arizona to Glacier and would like to know the best routes and suggestions on camp grounds and places to see while there. Also will be going to Banff and Lake Louise Canada and would like to know if making a base in US and travel to Canada would be best.This is our first big trip with our 37" Sprinter 5th wheel trailer. thanks

www.nps.gov/glacThe NPS website is excellent and will gve you more information than you can digest!!!!!!!

There is a downloadable podcast on the NPS website that provides a running commentary while driving the Going to the Sun Road.

There is so much to see and do in those areas. What are your interests? Are you traveling with kids?These places are basically my backyard so if you give us a few more details I will happily provide some recommendations. I live in Calgary but spend a lot of the summer in Montana, right outside of Glacier National Park.A general comment though, making a base in the US and traveling to Lake Louise is not very practical unless you are going to overnight in a hotel. It is a 6 hour trip one-way from the east side of Glacier to Lake Louise and that doesn't account for any time at the border crossing.

Not the shortest leave AZ to Cortez CO. for basecamp to visit Mesa Verde and Durango. Then to Montrose CO for Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Then to Rifle Falls State Park CO. Then either through Yellowstone to Glacier or bit longer through Mount Rushmore area of South Dakota.

How long do you have for this trip? That will influence the recommendations.You could easily spend two weeks in Glacier and two weeks in the Canadian Rockies. From California to Jasper and back, that trip took us six weeks.Here is a link to the first of several posts from that trip:Part One of Seven

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Uncle_Rj
Explorer
Feb 16, 2016
There is so much to see and do in those areas. What are your interests? Are you traveling with kids?

These places are basically my backyard so if you give us a few more details I will happily provide some recommendations. I live in Calgary but spend a lot of the summer in Montana, right outside of Glacier National Park.

A general comment though, making a base in the US and traveling to Lake Louise is not very practical unless you are going to overnight in a hotel. It is a 6 hour trip one-way from the east side of Glacier to Lake Louise and that doesn't account for any time at the border crossing.
dave54
Nomad
Feb 16, 2016
There is a downloadable podcast on the NPS website that provides a running commentary while driving the Going to the Sun Road.
DownTheAvenue
Explorer
Feb 16, 2016
www.nps.gov/glac

The NPS website is excellent and will gve you more information than you can digest!!!!!!!

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