My husband and i are planning a trip to the northwest this summer for 3 weeks and plan to spend a week in Glacier. We have a 9 year old boy who just started hiking last year. I want to spend some time car camping at as remote a destination one can car camp with great easy day hikes and i also want to plan a easy mileage and terrain 3 day back country hike. Any suggestions. We are tent campers, we hate RV's. We camp all the time at least 30 days a year but hiking is new to us. We have the gear and have done some overnights here in the east (Western NC, Pisgah National Forest and Grason Highlands in Va) For the most part given your criteria, the front country campgrounds in Glacier are all about the same.
Also i am a little concerned about bears. we have lots of bears, i treed a cub two days ago in my front yard by accident but they are black bears so they are only about the trash. How prevalent are attacks? Do they only occur back country or also in campgrounds. What is the necessary gear for Grizzlies?