glacier national park  Glacier National Park’s Mount Clements
seen from the Hidden Lake Trail  Photo: Courtesy of Matthew
Crowley   Glacier glimpsing and high-country ?adventure in a
classic mountain town  The Route  This ride shows off the Amtrak
Empire Builder line’s most impressive stretch. You’ll pull out
of Portland at 4:45 p.m. and spend the evening watching Eastern
Washington’s infinite plains roll by. Doze through the night
(and through Spokane and northern Idaho) in one of the
Superliner sleeper cars, which can include a private bathroom.
Just be sure to rise early to see dawn break over Glacier
National Park’s mind-bending mountains. When you step off at
Whitefish’s vintage train depot at 7:26 a.m., you’ll find
yourself in the ultimate Rockies town.  The Reward  Far enough
from major cities to avoid overcrowding, yet close enough to
Glacier National Park to sniff the pristine alpine air,
Whitefish promises soggy Portlanders a quintessential mountain
escape to the other place that calls itself Stumpt