Two MedicineInfo on the 2010 Eastside Shuttle to
Many Glacier, Two Medicine and East Glacier
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Each leg is $10.00 US (cash only)Don't waste your time asking the rangers about this shuttle as they usually are completely ignorant of it's existence.
Two Medicine is a hiking hub with a mixture of easy hikes and very strenuous hikes. Lots of waterfalls. The moose rising shown on the left side of this page was taken on the Rockwell Falls Trail. Wind on the Dawson Peak Trail can be extreme.
Arriving at the shore of Two Medicine Lake is a powerful, visceral experience.
It brings to mind this quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Custom House:
“strike their roots into unaccustomed earth.”
Luckily Two Medicine is off the beaten path, not to say that the parking area at the foot of lake doesn't fill up during the peak of the summer season. The hiking season for the Two Medicine area is extremely short. (it snowed on June 10 & 20, 2008) Two Medicine Road opened late during 2008, not as late as Going To The Sun Road which didn't open until July 3rd, 2008.
Basic hiking season is from June to mid September. Higher elevation hiking season is from mid July to mid September depending upon upper elevation snow conditions. Winter conditions are never far away in the Two Medicine Valley.
Two Medicine is not serviced by the free park service shuttle.
Two Medicine is bear country.
 USGS photo above of Glacier Park Lodge taken in 1921 next to the East Glacier Great Northern Train Depot. At this time East Glacier and Two Medicine were the hubs of activity in Glacier National Park.
Two Medicine Trails Trail Map
- Running Eagle Falls Trail
Wheelchair accessible
No Shuttle Service
Easy hike
- Scenic Point, Mount Henry Trail
3.1 miles elevation gain 2,350 feet
No Shuttle Service
Moderately Strenuous hike
- Appistoki Falls Trail
0.6 miles elevation gain 260 feet
not much during dry season,
nice view of gorge at all times
No Shuttle Service
Easy hike
- South Shore Trailhead
Google™ Map Two Medicine Lake
Aster Park, Cobalt Lake & Rockwell Falls
No Shuttle Service
all start from the same trailhead, which is located just past
the boat house on the South Shore of Two Medicine Lake.
- Aster Park Trail South Shore Trailhead
Google™ Map Two Medicine Lake
No Shuttle Service
1.9 miles elevation gain 670 feet
Nice views of Two Medicine Lake
Easy hike
- Cobalt Lake Trail South Shore Trailhead
No Shuttle Service
5.7 miles elevation gain 1,400 feet
GNP park info is misleading from Rockwell Falls it's 2.3 miles
with a gain of 1,025 lots of 'steps'
Strenuous hike
- Rockwell Falls Trail South Shore Trailhead
No Shuttle Service
3.4 miles elevation gain 375 feet
This trail is essentially flat.
One of my disk drives died last year
& all my pics of Rockwell Falls & Cobalt Lake were lost.
The photo of a moose rising from a pond was taken on this trail.
Easy hike
- North Shore Trailhead
Dawson Pass, No Name Lake, Oldman Lake, Pitamaken Pass,
Twin Falls & Upper Two Medicine Lake all start from
North Shore Trailhead
- Glacier Boat
Dawson Pass Trail, No Name Lake,
Twin Falls & Upper Two Medicine Lake can also be reached
by the Sinopah ~ Glacier Boat. The Sinopah departs
from near the South Trailhead on Two Medicine Lake.
No Shuttle Service
The Sinopah takes 3.0 miles off the above named trails.
- Dawson Pass Trail, No Name Lake
6.7 miles elevation gain 2,450 feet
No Name Lake 5.0 miles gains 800 feet
I've combined trail distances & gains to make it more clear.
If you were to look at Dawson Pass 6.7 miles & 2,450 feet
Without studying the info for No Name Lake, you might
think Dawson Pass was a gentle climb,
but when you subtract out the
5.0 miles to No Name Lake then Dawson Pass becomes
1,650 feet in 1.6 miles.
Note: High winds can make Dawson Pass a very dangerous trail.
No Shuttle Service
Brutal hike
- No Name Lake
5.0 miles elevation gain 800 feet
Moderate hike
if you hike from The North Shore Trailhead
No Shuttle Service
Easy hike If you take the Sinopah.
- Twin Falls Trail
3.8 miles elevation gain 75 feet
Moderate hike
if you hike from The North Shore Trailhead
0.9 miles gains 75 feet
No Shuttle Service
Easy hike If you take the Sinopah.
Note: The last time I hiked to Twin Falls, in the fall of 2004,
both falls were pretty much choked with downed trees.
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