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<DIV><STRONG>Waterton Town Site AB:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> Hostel is closed; hotel has new owner & closed
the hostel part; camping was $23 in the big campground.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>E Glacier Park MT:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> </STRONG>Backpacker's Inn (behind Serrano's
Mexican Restaurant is now $15/nite.</DIV>
<DIV> I left my car parked on the street by the
Backpacker's Inn gate, for 10 days with no problems.</DIV>
<DIV> Lowest priced food is Two Medicine Grill, just
around corner from Backpacker's Inn.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Glacier NP MT:</STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV> Reserved my GNP Campsites about 2 weeks ahead for
$30, and got what I wanted, with one exception; in </DIV>
<DIV> that case I just hitched E
to the St Mary Hiker/Biker site in the CG (or could have waited for the free
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<DIV> shuttle) and hiked back to
CDT on Red Eagle Trail.</DIV>
<DIV> Be aware that Fifty Mountain and both Morning Star
Lk CGs have burned trees around almost all tent </DIV>
<DIV> sites; I won't sleep within
reach of dead trees, and GNP has had years to cut the dead trees around</DIV>
<DIV> these pads; they emphasize
safety, but expect hikers to sleep on dangerous tent pads. I slept in a</DIV>
<DIV> meadow nearby at Fifty Mtn,
and on the lake shore at Morning Star foot. A cold front with 50 mph</DIV>
<DIV> winds came through Fifty
Mtn that evening; we heard over 10 trees go crashing down, and saw some of</DIV>
<DIV> those fall.</DIV>
<DIV> Didn't see even 1 bear in GNP; very disappointed;
wanted to see Grizzly in wild. Bull moose was hanging</DIV>
<DIV> around one campsite when
went to get food off hanging bar. Yellowstone NP next year will probably
be</DIV>
<DIV> last chance, unless I see
one S of Stemple Pass. Never saw any bears from E Glacier Park to </DIV>
<DIV> Stemple Pass 2 years ago
either. </DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Darby MT:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> On drive to visit relatives in CA, spent night in
Darby. Little Blue Joint (406-821-0023), right downtown, is </DIV>
<DIV> back, after a 1-yr+ hiatus
from across street; very large, very good burrito; also burgers &
pizza.</DIV>
<DIV> Budget Motel Darby (406-821-2096), right downtown,
gave me a $45 "hiker" price.</DIV>
<DIV> Deb's Restaurant, right downtown, had good
breakfast.</DIV>
<DIV> PO is right downtown I noticed.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Chief Joseph & Lost Trail Passes MT:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> E of US-93 & N of MT-23? is a maze of cross
country ski trails, and may be confusing hiking into or out of </DIV>
<DIV> area; CDT was fairly
clearly marked across MT-43, but didn't see supposed side trail to US-93 to
</DIV>
<DIV> avoid walking/hitching W on
MT-43 to US-93; Gibbons Pass Rd may be it, but it's definitely not clear.</DIV>
<DIV> Traffic on US-93 okay, but
very light on MT-43.</DIV>
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<DIV>Trekker</DIV>
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