This is a "I've thought about this"... Take the Empire Builder to Essex. https://www.amtrak.com/stations/esm.html https://www.amtrak.com/stations/esm.html At

This is a "I've thought about this"... Take the Empire Builder to Essex. https://www.amtrak.com/stations/esm.html https://www.amtrak.com/stations/esm.html At Essex (7:41 pm), disembark, get a room at the Izaak Walton Inn - https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2787345,-113.6113756,3a,75y,324.95h,83.57t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNjuyxuxw2dN7x0-cHiX4WjrMXs3bPADIwhDrZW!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNjuyxuxw2dN7x0-cHiX4WjrMXs3bPADIwhDrZW%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya223.52824-ro-0-fo100!7i13000!8i6500 https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2787345,-113.6113756,3a,75y,... Spend the following day hiking ( https://www.google.com/maps/dir/48.2784604,-113.6118791/48.3000825,-113.574568/@48.2867514,-113.6105746,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e2 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/48.2784604,-113.6118791/48.3... ) Return to the town, have dinner, get on the train (at 7:41 pm) and continue on. This becomes much easier with a rail pass: https://media.amtrak.com/2022/03/for-a-limited-time-amtrak-offers-usa-rail-pass-for-399/ https://media.amtrak.com/2022/03/for-a-limited-time-amtrak-o... / https://www.amtrak.com/USARailPass https://www.amtrak.com/USARailPass