With longer days and more sunshine, it’s a great time to get outside in Montana. While we can’t necessarily put our coat and gloves away just yet, there are still so many great activities to enjoy in and around all our wonderful communities. Here’s just a small sampling:
Hike Glacier
Though the Going-to-the-Sun Road won’t open until mid-June or later, Glacier National Park still offers early-season hiking options from lower elevations. The popular Avalanche Lake trail is great in spring when snowmelt really gets the water moving through Avalanche Gorge. The Upper McDonald Creek Trail is also clear of snow early in the season and goes by McDonald Falls, which is especially spectacular in the spring. You may even spy some harlequin ducks and their ducklings. These migratory seabirds travel inland in the spring to breed along fast-moving freshwater streams.
Bike Bozeman
Less than 10 miles from downtown Bozeman, Hyalite Canyon offers a great spring road biking opportunity: the road is closed to cars from April 1 to May 15 each spring. It’s a beautiful ride and a great workout: the road gains just over 1,000 feet in elevation over the 15 miles from the lower gate to the reservoir, making for a sweaty ride up and a zippy trip back to your car.
Cast a Line in Ennis
Whatever you do this spring, we hope you find joy and make memories. And if the change of seasons also brings bigger life changes, we at PureWest are here to help you through the transition, whether you move across town or across Montana. And as a Christie’s International Real Estate affiliate, we have the connections to get your home search started farther afield as well.
Play in a Park
The city of Missoula has over 400 acres of parks and open space and 22 miles of trails! There truly is a park for every interest in Missoula, from the MOBASH Skate Park to the Memorial Rose Garden, established in 1946 in memory of Missoula’s World War II casualties. Missoula also boasts five dog parks, including a four-acre space at the 156-acre Fort Missoula Regional Park and river access at the Jacobs Island Bark Park. And Dragon Hollow, the wonderfully imaginative playground in downtown Caras Park, remains as popular as ever for kids.
Cast a Line in Ennis
Get a jump start on spring fishing in Ennis. Because the Madison River flows from the Madison Dam, it’s less muddy in the spring than many other Montana rivers. Ennis Lake is a good early fishing spot as well, from either the shore or a boat. After a day casting into cold water, relax with a trip to Norris Hot Springs where you can soak in the “Water of the Gods,” a series of artesian springs that feed the pools.
Whatever you do this spring, we hope you find joy and make memories. And if the change of seasons also brings bigger life changes, we at PureWest are here to help you through the transition, whether you move across town or across Montana. And as a Christie’s International Real Estate affiliate, we have the connections to get your home search started farther afield as well.
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