Our youngest is obsessed with trucks and more specifically Monster Trucks. We knew that we couldn’t pass by Sparwood and not stop and see the world’s largest truck. Luckily for us, we didn’t even have to get off the highway, as the road goes right past it.
This truck is in many children’s books about trucks so you may have seen pictures of it before.
This truck is a Terex Titan built in 1974 for use in open pit mines. It is so large that it took eight train cars to transport it here. This truck was in operation until 1991 when it was gifted to the town of Sparwood. It is over 22 feet high and weighs over 1 million pounds.
After stretching our legs, it was time to get back on the road in hopes that we wouldn’t arrive home too late.
The views were great along the way home. One can never get enough of open prairies and mountain views. These captured Waterton National Park in the distance.
We will definitely head back to Glacier National Park as we have more hikes we would love to tackle with the kids. We are thinking a fall trip may be nice when it isn’t so warm and a little more comfortable for long hikes.
Do you have any favourite hikes we didn’t get to on this trip?
To see what other fun we got up to on our Trip to Glacier National Park check out the links below:
Day 1 – Getting our Bearings in St Mary’s
Day 2 – Waterfalls and a boat tour on the East side of the park
Day 3- Driving the Going-To-The-Sun Road and hiking at Logan’s Pass
Day 4 – Full day ranger led hike to Iceberg Lake
Day 5 – Quiet day exploring the west side of the park
Day 6 – Ranger led hike to Avalanche Lake
Day 7 – Family fun at Whitefish Mountain
Day 8 – Hungry Horse Dam
Day 9 – Two Medicine Valley
Sandra Ans
I haven’t heard about Terex Titan – World’s Largest Truck, but I know that my boyfriend and my brother would love to visit this place and explore this truck as much as possible! It’s great that there are possibilities to see such amazing things in real life! 🙂
coachkatye
It is pretty neat, and especially for my little guy who had read so much about it.