About an hour and a half away from Missoula. You drive through Philipsberg which is one of our favorite little towns that looks very Wild West and has an amazing Brewery (Philipsberg Brewing). Anyways, the mining is year round and you can buy as many buckets as you want and find tons of sapphires!

BEAUTIFUL lake out in the Bitterroot mountain range. You drive through many cute little towns, along the way like Hamilton. We love the brewery "Brigand Brewing" and "Higherground Brewing." At the lake, there is a really nice 6 mile round trip flat hike to a beautiful waterfall. About an hour 20 min drive from Missoula.

This park is in Polson, which is on Flathead lake, while it will be too cold to swim, this is a great pit stop on your way to Glacier.

Kind of a no brainer if you are coming to Missoula, might as well extend your trip and spend some time in Glacier. While the going to the sun road may not be open at this time due to snow, you can always rent a bike and bike to the top (without cars around, truly an incredible experience), spend some time hiking lower sections, or look at it in your car and then spend time in whitefish where there are cute restaurants, boutiques and bars! If you go to Glacier be bear aware!

About 2 hours outside of Missoula, crossing into the Idaho, you can find many natural amazing hotsprings while driving along the wild and scenic lochsa river. Our favorites are "Jerry Johnsons" and "Weir," each are about a mile hike to get to.

You can stop at Lochsa lodge on your way for lunch and wave at the spot we got engaged!