One more point of interest to CDT hikers. You are allowed to go into the lobbies of the Many Glacier Hotel, Two Medicine Campstore and the Glacier Park lodge, enjoy the beautiful historic building and sit next to the fire in a big soft chair for a while (Which will be very nice after crossing Redgap pass, Pitamakin Pass and/or Scenic point in an all-to-common Glacier Park June Snowstorm). <br>
<br>These are all historic building that are part of the National Park. They are owned and maintained (for millions upon millions of dollars) by the federal government (also known as, you, the taxpayer) and they are open to the public, even if you don't stay there or buy something. <br>
<br clear="all">Nathanael Lintner<br><br><br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:53 AM, nathanael lintner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nglintner@gmail.com">nglintner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Ralph -<br><br>I am originally from East Glacier and I agree with Jim. Email Mark Howser. East Glacier is a very small town (pop. 300) and thus has a very small store with a limited selection. Mark, however is an AT thruhiker and is very friendly and interested in other thruhikers. I am sure he would try to have something you need in his store if given advanced notice.<br>
<br>Another point of note: While the East Glacier General store is a small buisiness run by a friendly thruhiker, all the stores WITHIN Glacier Park plus the Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier are run by a large unfriendly Arizona-based corporation called "Glacier Park Incorporated." Their business is mostly selling tacky overpriced made-in-china souvenirs. In spite of the fact that the adjacent Blackfoot Indian Reservation has a 50-70% unemployment rate (not a typo) Glacier Park Incorporated mostly hires temporary guest workers from the former soviet bloc who know nothing about hiking/Glacier or gear. I could go on and on.......<br>
<br>So before I go to far with my Rant let me just sum things up: In the Glacier Park section, deal with Mark Howser but email him in advance because his store is really small and avoid businesses run by Glacier Park Incorporated.<br>
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<br clear="all">Nathanael Lintner<br><br><br><br><br>
<br><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jim and_or Ginny Owen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spiriteagle99@hotmail.com" target="_blank">spiriteagle99@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Ralph - <div>Email Mark Howser (<a href="mailto:mchowser@whistlingswanmotel.com" target="_blank">mchowser@whistlingswanmotel.com</a> ) and let him know what you </div><div>want. He'll probably be able to get it for you. Or he may already carry it. He owns the </div>
<div>hiker friendly store at East Glacier. Which is 12 miles south of Two Medicine. And no </div><div>matter how you cut it, you have to go through East Glacier. <img src="" title="Smile" alt="Smile" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" height="19" width="19"></div>
<div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><font face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font><a href="http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/" target="_blank">http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/</a><br>
<br><br><br><hr>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:50:43 -0700<br>From: <a href="mailto:rbalcorn@gmail.com" target="_blank">rbalcorn@gmail.com</a><div><br>To: <a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net" target="_blank">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>
</div>Subject: [Cdt-l] Canister fuel available in Glacier Natl Park stores?<div><div></div><div><br><br>Anyone know if Two Medicine would have the Gigapower fuel canisters or equivalent?<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
Ralph Alcorn<br><a href="http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html" target="_blank">http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html</a><br><a href="http://timecheck00.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://timecheck00.blogspot.com</a><br>
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