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Chief Mountain Highway, US & Canada
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The Chief Mountain Highway offers exhilarating vistas of the Waterton and Blakiston valleys. The Chief Mountain Highway is the primary route between Waterton Lakes National Park and Glacier National Park (U.S). The highway climbs from the grasslands near Maskinonge Lake to a viewpoint which offers a magnificent panorama of the Waterton and Blakiston valleys (Chief Mountain lookout).
Along the way to Chief Mountain international border crossing (seasonal), the highway passes through wetlands and the site of the Sofa Mountain Wildfire. Travellers can continue across the international border past Chief Mountain to the community of St. Mary, on the boundary of Glacier National Park.
Chief Mountain Highway has wide shoulders making it good for cycling, but be prepared for some large hills. Belly River campground is located along this road.
The Chief Mountain Highway officially opened in 1936.
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