The weather was getting warmer and warmer throughout our time in Montana which was starting to make any longer hikes uncomfortable by the afternoon. Since we had heard so much about Whitefish Mountain we saw this as a good excuse to see what the mountain was all about.
When we arrived at the mountain, the clouds rolled in and we saw some sprinkles of rain before the sun returned and the heat turned up.
The kids wanted to try the alpine slide and summer tubing. The tubing was lots of fun and we were there early enough that there were no lineups. The alpine slide on the other hand, the kids and my husband had to wait over an hour and a half to come down. The staff did tell us that they are planning to add a second alpine slide to help alleviate the crowds. If this is something you do want to try, be sure to be there early and head straight up the hill for the alpine slide before doing anything else.
After waiting that long to be able to come down on the slide in the heat, the kids wanted to go somewhere cooler and maybe come back later to use our other slide tickets.
We loaded into the car and headed off to stock up on items we can’t get back home, but the heat had taken it’s toll on the kids so we went back to the campground to pick up our trailer and head over to check into the KOA West Glacier where we could have power to cool down the trailer for the kids.
West Glacier KOA is a gorgeous campground and is one of the nicest campgrounds we have ever stayed at. This is definitely a resort style campground with lots of activities, pool, cafe and restaurant on site. The campground is extremely well maintained and all of the staff were very friendly and helpful. This was a nice place to stay for the end of our vacation.
To read about everything we got up to on this 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 8 – Hungry Horse Dam
Day 9 – Two Medicine Valley
Day 10 – World’s Biggest Truck