Poor guy.......all this talk of bear spray and getting unwanted visitors in the night might dampen his excitement. I know when I set my sights on the park and then read up on bear attacks I promptly decided not to go........then I gradually talked myself into it.

I can't help but like the electric fence idea. I wonder what the weight of the thing is? I used a motion detector alarm connected with power pro strung around my tent. I just needed to make sure I remembered it was out there for the middle of the night nature calls. I did have a flock of Robins set it off early one morning. Not sure how effective it would be (counter effective perhaps?) It certainly had almost zero effect on a blackie on Sawbill lake who found and shredded my food pack all while the alarm blared.........

Counter assault is readily available at a number of different places in and near Kalispell. It has been already noted you can't fly with it but you can MAIL it back to yourself via US post office. It must be correctly labeled and will go by ground delivery only. The clerk can help you with the labeling. You could also mail it to yourself and have it waiting via general delivery if you were so inclined.

If I was taking Miss MT I would be staying at the neat Inns and doing day trips. The Swiss Chalet style Inn at Swiftcurrent was pretty neat. I stayed at a nifty tiny hut of a thing for $28 a night my first few nights.