Things To Do
Our Fave Restaurants & Coffee Shops in Whitefish
Restaurants: Indah Sushi (yummy, fun takes on regular sushi rolls) Mama Evs Pizza (little pricy but amazing wood fired sourdough crust) Jersey Boys Pizza (solid NY style zaa) Bulldog Saloon (gr8 burgs & Wings & cool dive bar vibes) Garys Burgers (sick lil food truck, only makes one type of burger but its amazing) Thirty-Eight (food truck park in dt WF, lots of yummy options) Montana Taphouse (fun vibes, solid bar food and beer) Jalisco Cantina (a lil pricy but sweet mexican spot) Loulas (amazing diner breaky and homemade pies) Good Taco (inside the VFW...the name explains itself) Abruzzo Italian Restaurant (more expensive but sooo good) Harbor Bar & Grille (On Flathead Lake, gorgeous views and a super cute tiny lake town) Coffee/Bakeries: Fleur (yummy baked goods and coffee) Folklore Coffee Shop Montana Coffee Traders Wild Coffee
Breweries & Bars
A list of Bars & Breweries in the area we recommend: Breweries: Montana Tap House (in Whitefish. good vibes, beer and food plus cute outdoor seating) Bonsai (local in Whitefish and has yummy food and chill outdoor seating) Blackstar (go for beer and rooftop views not for food) Big Mountain Cider Works (in Kalispell, you’l need a car but super good cider and food and views of the valley) Sacred Waters brewing (outside of the town of Whitefish but good beer, cider and food) The Raven (super cool tiki bar vibe restaurant/bar on Flathead Lake. People drive their boats up to it. You'll need a car but the views and little towns you'll pass are super cute) Fun bars: Great Northern (OG dive bar) The Palace (OG dive bar) The Belvedere (the best rooftop views and fun drinks w/tapas) The tiki bar at Whitefish Lake Lodge (right on the lake, beautiful views, fun drinks/vibes..has some good bar food) Spotted Bear Spirits (local distillery with amazing cocktails/mocktails)
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City Beach at Whitefish Lake (nice lil public "beach" on the lake in town Rent boats/paddleboards/kayaks on Whitefish Lake (quite a few places to rent stuff in town) 406 hat bar in big fork Stumptown art studio (paint your own pottery and many other fun things) Fly Fishing tours/guides (ask us for recs) Bigfork & Lakeside are two super cute towns on Flathead Lake about 30 mins from WF
Glacier National Park
The most beautiful national park. So many amazing hikes and scenery only 30 mins from Whitefish. Make sure to make a game plan before you go into the park as there is so much to see and you can't do it in one day so pick and choose the locations/hikes you want to do before going. Pinterest has a lot of recs from people too: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=glacier%20national%20park&rs=typed
Hiking/Biking The Whitefish Trail System
The website listed has all the trailhead info maintained by the city of whitefish. It has all the info you need to plan hikes based on level of difficulty and if you're wanting to hike vs mountain bike. These are just the trails in and around the the town of whitefish. If you want to go on some outside of WF there are a ton and you can find many of them on All Trails.
Clydesdale Outpost
Beautiful spot about 15 mins out of town towards Canada on 93 north. They do"carriage rides" with the Clydesdale horses, guides horse rides or you can just go checkout their farm and enjoy the scenery. I believe they have other events but you'll have to check the website. They also have cute guest houses on the property to rent if you want to stay there.
Whitefish Mountain Resort
Whitefish Mountain Resort (the ski resort aka Big Mountain) will not have their summer activities open anymore but you can still hike up the Danny On trail to the top of the ski resort and its beautiful in the fall. You can see Glacier from the top of the mountain and all of they valley on a clear day. (this would be categorized as a intermediate/advanced hike as it goes from about 4k ft of elevation to about 7k and its around 4.5mi one way so approx 9 round trip.
Glacier Drift Boat Tours
you can have charcuterie and wine on a boat in the river! Do we need to say anything more...
The Cabins at Blacktail Sauna/Cold Plunge
We love this spot! its about 30 mins from Whitefish but if you want to Sauna and cold plunge in a natural poos from a river in the woods this place is it.
Swan Mountain Llama Trekking
We've personally not done this but it looks soooo fun. (the llamas carry the charcuterie and wine) You'll need a rental car to get there but you get to "hike" w llamas and have lunch and see a beautiful lake! See website for the different offerings below: 1/2-Day Llama Trek plus Lunch All Day Llama Trek plus Lunch Evening 3-hour Wine & Cheese Llama Trek 3-hour Llama Packing Clinic Custom Daily Llama Trek Adventure