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Distinctly Montana Magazine Fall 2018

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D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A • FA L L 2 0 1 8 12 (LOTSA LAKES) (LOTSA LAKES) F ORMING THE WESTERNMOST BUTTRESS OF THE BROAD EXPANSE OF PEAKS THAT COMPRISES THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS COMPLEX, THE SWANS LIE WITHIN AN HOUR'S DRIVE OF BOTH MISSOULA AND KALISPELL BUT SOME- WHAT OFF THE BEATEN PATH OF THE HIKING MASSES. Here, stream-bottom trailheads access great swatches of subalpine meadows and dozens of tree-shaded tarns high above the Flathead and Seeley-Swan valleys. Aside from the justifiably popular Jewel Basin Hiking Area, the Swans promise solitude. e seven hikes below sample the Swan Range. For more details for these and other hikes in the Swans, consult my new guidebook, Day Hiking Glacier National Park and Western Montana (Mountaineers Books). photos and article by AARON THEISEN IN THE 7 DAY HIKES SWAN RANGE

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