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Trail of the Cedars, Glacier National Park
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $
- Hiking trail accessible from Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park
- The .60-mile (0.97 km) path is paved and has a raised boardwalk in some sections
- Some of the cedars visible are over 80 feet (24 m) tall
- In the middle of the half loop is a waterfall that has carved through colorful rock to make a channeled stream
Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $
- Scenic mountain road in the Rocky Mountains, in Glacier National Park
- The Sun Road is the only road that traverses the park, crossing the Continental Divide through Logan Pass at an elevation of 6,646 feet (2,026 m), which is the highest point on the road
- Construction was completed in 1932
- Prior to the construction of the road, visitors would need to spend several days traveling through the central part of the park, an area which can now be traversed within a few hours
American Computer & Robotics Museum, Bozeman
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Museum of the history of computing, communications, artificial intelligence and robotics that is located in Bozeman
- The American Computer & Robotics Museum was founded as a non-profit organization in 1990
- It is likely the oldest extant museum dedicated to the history of computers in the world
- The museum's artifacts trace over 4,000 years of computing history and information technology
A Carousel for Missoula
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $
- Volunteer-built, hand-carved carousel in Missoula
- The vision for A Carousel for Missoula began in 1988 when Missoula cabinet maker Chuck Kaparich visited a carousel in Spokane, Washington, and read the story of a Danish immigrant who created Spokane's now-antique carousel as a wedding present for his daughter
Big Sky Resort
Best time to visit: Jan-Feb
Cost: $
- Ski resort located in Madison County, it is the second-largest ski resort in the United States by acreage
- Opened in late 1973, Big Sky Resort has more than 5,800 acres (9.1 sq mi; 23.5 km2) of terrain and a vertical drop of 4,350 feet (1,330 m)
#13 in Best Ski Resorts in the USA
Whitefish Mountain Resort
Best time to visit: Jan-Feb
Cost: $$
- Ski resort located at Big Mountain, in the Flathead National Forest, four miles (6 km) from the town of Whitefish
#14 in Best Ski Resorts in the USA
Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Bozeman
Best time to visit: Jan-Feb
Cost: $
- Alpine ski area near Bozeman, the summit elevation is 8,700 feet (2,650 m) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 2,600 feet (790 m)
- Bridger Bowl is a locally owned non-profit ski area that provides affordable skiing, great terrain, and outstanding snowfall
#15 in Best Ski Resorts in the USA
Lake McDonald Trail, Glacier National Park
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: June-mid Sept
Cost: $
- National park located on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia
- The park encompasses more than 1 million acres (4,000 km2) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), more than 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants, and hundreds of species of animals
- This vast pristine ecosystem is the centerpiece of what has been referred to as the "Crown of the Continent Ecosystem"
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Walk difficulty: Easy
Best time to visit: late May-early Oct
Cost: $
- Monument that preserves the site of the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, near Crow Agency
- It also serves as a memorial to those who fought in the battle: George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry and a combined Lakota-Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho force
- Custer National Cemetery, on the battlefield, is part of the national monument
Museum of the Rockies
Best time to visit: April-May, Sept-Oct
Cost: $
- Museum largely known for its Paleontological collections as well as having the largest collection of North American Dinosaur fossils in the United States
- They also possess the largest Tyrannosaurus skull ever discovered, as well as the thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus Rex that contains soft-tissue remains
Avalanche Lake, Glacier National Park
Walk difficulty: Moderate
Best time to visit: July-Aug
Cost: $
- Glacier National Park's mountains began forming 170 million years ago when ancient rocks were forced eastward up and over much younger rock strata
- Known as the Lewis Overthrust, these sedimentary rocks are considered to have some of the finest examples of early life fossils on Earth
- Of the estimated 150 glaciers over 25 acres in size which existed in the park in the mid-19th century during the late Little Ice Age, only 25 active glaciers remained by 2010
- Scientists studying the glaciers in the park have estimated that all the active glaciers may disappear by 2030 if current climate patterns persist