点评:Visited the Park briefly in early January when most of the park is inaccessible, and it made a pleasant half a day trip from Whitefish. The West Glacier gate was open and not staffed. From there we were able to drive the part of the Going-to-the-Sun-Road that remains open in Winter to get to near Lake McDonald Lodge. You can park the car on a parking lot just off the main road; There were working and open washrooms at that carpark. From there you can walk, ski or snowshoe the closed Going-to-the-Sun Road to get to McDonald Falls and Sacred Dancing Cascade. John’s Lake Loop trail was partially closed due to bridge construction on North Lake McDonald Rd, so we opted to skip it. The walk was easy (on a paved but snow-covered road), there were only a handful of people there, and we saw some elk wandering about. The walk from parking lot to Sacred Dancing Cascade is approx. 7km back and forth, and took us 1 hour 30 mins of leisure walking.
Lake McDonald Lodge is closed for the season, but you can access a small pier and beach in front of it for pleasant lake views. Apgar Village was also fully closed for the season. There’s again a small parking lot facing McDonald Lake, with a tiny pier with beautiful views of the lake and of the beach hotel, The Village Inn (also closed). All in all, we enjoyed our short venture. It’s lovely for a quick ski or snowshoe, or to just get a glimpse of Glacier National Park in the quiet Winter season.
翻译:在 1 月初大部分公园都无法进入时,我们短暂参观了公园,从怀特菲什出发,进行了半日游,非常愉快。西冰川大门开放,没有工作人员。从那里,我们可以驾车沿着冬季开放的向阳大道行驶至麦当劳湖旅馆附近。您可以将车停在主干道旁的停车场;该停车场有可使用的和开放的洗手间。从那里,您可以步行、滑雪或穿雪鞋沿着已关闭的向阳大道前往麦当劳瀑布和神圣的舞动瀑布。由于北麦当劳湖路的桥梁施工,约翰湖环路部分关闭,因此我们选择不走这条路。步行很轻松(在一条铺好的但积雪覆盖的道路上),那里只有少数人,我们还看到一些麋鹿在徘徊。从停车场步行到神圣的舞动瀑布大约需要 10 分钟。来回 7 公里,我们花了 1 小时 30 分钟悠闲地散步。
麦当劳湖旅馆因季节原因关闭,但您可以前往旅馆前面的小码头和海滩,欣赏宜人的湖景。阿普加村也因季节原因完全关闭。这里还有一个面向麦当劳湖的小型停车场,有一个小码头,可以欣赏到美丽的湖景和海滩酒店 The Village Inn(也关闭了)。总而言之,我们很享受这次短暂的冒险。这里非常适合滑雪或雪鞋漫步,或者在宁静的冬季一睹冰川国家公园的风采。