Most Glacier National Park visitors are headed to the main park area and bypass the Two Medicine district and Running Eagle Falls, which is located 15 miles south of Saint Mary's east park entrance. The Two Medicine section of the park presents the quiet side of Glacier. Running Eagle Falls, found at the quiet side, is sometimes referred to as Trick Falls. In the springtime, snowmelt flowing from the Two Medicine lakes above, fills the Medicine River to capacity. The abundant water cascading over the upper fall completely obscures the lower fall. This view catches nature's magic trick.
Modern Americans are not the only ones having the desire of getting away from it all. Blackfoot culture has passed down the tale of Pitamakan (Running Eagle), a female warrior, finding solitude along this beautiful trail.