For our family and friends from out of town, we want you to enjoy the city as locals. Here are some of our favorite spots to eat, drink, and explore.

Activities

Outdoor

Glacier National park

Lots of sight seeing and hiking trails, make sure to bring bear spray, Glacier is a must see when visiting.

make sure you buy the correct passes (there’s two of them, one to get into the park, the second is for “the going to the sun highway”- they release tickets weekly to get to the summit.

Whitefish Ski Resort

Gondola rides, alpine slides and zip line tours, mountain biking & more.

Its just a quick little drive up the mountain to the resort.

Flathead Lake Alpine Coaster- lakeside

Alpine coaster & gem mining

Hiking

There’s plenty of hiking trails to choose from in the area. We recommend downloading the all trails app, as it has all info on any of the hiking trails in the area. (again make sure to bring bear spray and be cautious, Montana isn’t for the weak)

Museums

Northwest Montana History Museum

Conrad Mansion Museum

Adventure

Amazing Fun Center- Coram

Mini golf, bumper boats, Go Karts mazes & more.

Montana Horse Works- Kalispell

Guided trail rides

Montana Vortex and House of Mystery- Columbia Falls

They don’t have a website and this place is genuinely cheesy but i use to love coming here as a child- take a gummy before hand. This place is weird in the best way.

Lake Activities

Base Camp Bigfork- Bigfork

paddle board rentals

Wild wave rentals- lakeside

Jet skis, Pontoon boats & ski boat rentals

Wild Horse Island tours- Somers

Wild Horse Island is the largest island on Flathead Lake—and one of the largest inland islands in the U.S. This 2,1 60-acre state park is only accessible by boat.

Wayfarers State Park- Bigfork

Lake access, fire pits and more. This is one of the best state parks in the area and is just minutes from downtown Bigfork. Sun bathe on the cliffs or go swimming if you can handle the cold water. Also has a boat launch if you do decide to rent any water vehicles.