Flathead Guidebooks, LLC

12/16/2025

With 138 beautiful hikes to keep the hiker in your life busy doing what they love, Day Hikes Around the Flathead, 25th Anniversary edition, is one of those great Christmas gifts that keeps on giving each time it is opened.

Available at the following locally owned retailers across the Flathead Valley: Rocky Mountain Outfitter, Glacier National Park Conservancy, Sportsman & Ski Haus, Bookworks, Montana Coffee Traders, Lone Pine State Park, as well as at the local Flathead National Forest ranger districts (For a complete list of retail outlets and numbers, see: https://www.flatheadguidebooks.com/about2)

12/03/2025

Woot, woot to Glacier Nordic Club! And maybe a little "whoa, whoa" to putting away the bear spray for the year just yet.🐻

12/2/25 Big Mountain Trails are groomed! Crew is still working on lower haskill. FYI there were fresh bear tracks this morning on the course - not a bad idea to bring bear spray! Please stay off “Rollercoaster” aka the most northern trail, as resort machines are still finishing up the road work. There is enough snow to carefully connect upper and lower badger, but not enough to roll it or connect via the pond. We WILL be able to groom the rollercoaster road once they are done and there is enough snow! Watch out grooming reports for more updates - https://www.glaciernordicclub.org/grooming-reports/rs

11/16/2025

A quiet golden forest walk from Skyles Connector to Beaver Lake after a morning of chores made our day even though it was mostly overcast! Whitefish Legacy Partners - The Whitefish Trail

10/05/2025

"We didn’t realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun". - Winnie the Pooh

The Holland Lake area has long held wonderful memories for me from summers spent at Holland Lake Lodge with my family to present day exploring with my husband of almost 20 years. We lucked out with a beautiful weather window the last few days of September this year, so we hit the trails to see what there was to see!

I showed the last photo in this post to my dad a few days ago, who hasn't been to Holland Lake Lodge since the mid-1980's, and he recognized it immediately. Sometimes, it is nice to have things stay the same - it is pure magic there, just like the first time I visited.

p.s. Loved the "Hands off Holland" signs in front of so many locals' homes all the way down the Swan Valley.

Photos 1 to 3: Holland Lookout (Day Hikes Around the Flathead, pg. 235)

Photo 4: Holland Falls Viewpoint (Day Hikes Around the Flathead, p. 231)

Photos 5 and 6: Holland Lake evening fly-fishing and Holland Lake Lodge

09/05/2025

FYI for those wanting to hike in the Tally Lake area this weekend.

08/31/2025

As we head into the fall, just a reminder that bears are entering their time of 'bulking up' for hibernation, so they are very food focused and way less tolerant of others 'interferring' with their eating spots. And, this encounter in Glacier could have been much, much worse without bear spray - always take it when you explore and have it accessible at all times.

A female hiker was injured by a bear near Lake Janet on Wednesday afternoon, marking the first reported injury due to a bear encounter in Glacier National Park this year. The injured 34-year-old was hiking westbound with a partner when a medium brown-colored sow emerged from the brush and charged he...

08/27/2025

Among the long list of unbelievable accomplishments in his long and energetic life, including co-founding the Glacier Institute and heading the Geology Department at Flathead Valley Community College, Lex Blood and his partner in life, Judith Pressmar, also wrote the Geology Notes sections in multiple books that Flathead Guidebooks published. And, may I add . . . he was just a great guy I loved hanging out with.

If you knew this tremendous man, please join us for a memorial in his honor on September 20th at Lone Pine State Park from 12-2 p.m. - RSVP requested.