Montana Hotels Information Guide: Essex Hotels

A million acres of wilderness with jagged peaks, wildlife and glaciers awaits travellers to the Izaak Walton Inn, adjacent to Glacier National Park. Originally built in 1939 to accommodate Great Northern Railways crews, today the Inn welcome Amtrak passengers detraining at its front doors or visitors arriving by car. The lobby brings Montana's scupltured landscape indoors with a massive stone fireplace, log furniture and pine ceilings. Rooms are appointed with American quilts, Down comforters, Montana pine furniture, antique school desks and historic memorabilia of the Inn and park. Guests mingle around the lobby fireplace prior to dining on Brook Trout, Montana Beef or International specials. Families enjoy the lounge-recreation room and the Inns European plan skiing and hiking packages. The Izaak Walton Inn is a beautiful historic chalet where guests repair after a days sojourn viewing mountin goat, elk and moose. Glacier National Park is 1/4 mile by auto, foot, skis or horseback. Walton Goat Lick provides a close look at wildlife. The Inn is open year round and offers activities to compliment each season.