Swiftcurrent Pass trail in GlacierNP has excellent lake views.

Grinnel Glacier is a super popular trail at GlacierNP.

Triple Divide Peak is one of three peaks on the planet with a unique quality.

Pitamakan Dawson is the only long loop hike in Glacier. Great views, very windy.

Located in western Washington state, this national park is huge but seldom visited.

Sperry Chalet is one of the remote lodges in the backcountry of GlacierNP. If you get a chance, visit it.

The Belly River areas is used almost exclusively for backpacking, but long day hikes are rewarding too.

The Highline trail is one of the most popular trails in Glacier National Park It is quite easy to hike.

The Bisti Badlands is a wonder of weird rock formations, petrified trees and fossils.

Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah resides southeast of the more famous Bisti Badlands area. In the same veins, it is littered with weird rock formations on top of sand pedestals, including the Chocolate Hoodoos.

The Valley of Dreams is a remote area a few miles south of the Bisti Badlands. The more popular rock formations are the Alien Throne and the King of Wings.

Rocky Mountain National Park is large and diverse, including areas of tundra. The elevation will slow you down a lot.

Olympic National Park is a 2 hour drive from Seattle and it is immense. Of note are the rain forests.

Zion National Park is small but very interesting. Being small, it suffers from lots of tourist congestion.

You have to see it to believe it. Anyone can go down, the hard part of going up

There is nothing that compares hiking in the tundra at Denali National Park