FWIW, my cousin's scout troop did a weeklong backcountry hike through glacier national park via amtrak.
the whole troop boarded the empire builder in chicago and rode the train right to the park.
apparently there's a ranger station a short hike from the amtrak station, so once they got off the train, they walked over to process their hiking permit and then they were off on foot for a weeklong loop around the park and then ended up back at the amtrak station and took the empire builder back to chicago.
i always thought that was cool. a weeklong hike through glacier all the way from chicago with zero cars or planes required.
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