Moon Best of Glacier, Banff & Jasper (Second Edition): Make the Most of One to Three Days in the Parks

About Andrew HempsteadBecky Lomax

As a professional travel writer Andrew Hempstead spends as much time as possible on the road traveling incognito experiencing the many and varied delights of each destination just as his readers do. He looks forward to spending every second summer at home in the Canadian Rockies traveling mountain highways and hiking trails exploring new places and updating old favorites.Since the early 1990s Andrew has authored and updated more than 60 guidebooks and supplied content for regional and national clients like Expedia and KLM. His photography has appeared in a wide variety of media ranging from international golf magazines to a Ripley's Believe it or Not! Museum.Andrew and his wife Dianne own Summerthought Publishing a Canadian regional publisher of nonfiction books. He is a member of The Diners Club World's 50 Best Restaurants Academy. Andrew has also spoken on travel writing to a national audience and has contributed to a university-level travel writing textbook. He and his family live in Banff Alberta.Becky Lomax was three years old when her parents first took her to stay with friends who worked as rangers at Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park. During college Becky worked two summers in the historic Glacier Park Lodge an easy hop to Two Medicine. She spent her days off hiking backpacking and climbing throughout the park.After teaching high school writing and speech outside Seattle she and her husband moved to Whitefish for quick access to Glacier. She worked in the park for a decade as a hiking and backpacking guide leading many first-time visitors to Gunsight Pass Fifty Mountain and Iceberg Lake. She also served on staff at Granite Park Chalet spotting wolverines and bagging nearby peaks in her off time.Today Becky maintains her strong link with Glacier by using her full-time writing career as an excuse to keep hiking in the park. In magazine stories she lauds the park's trails historic lodges scenic drives wildlife and wildflowers. She tags along with biologists in the field to radio-collar bighorn sheep and grizzly bears. She also treks annually to Grinnell Glacier to write about how climate change is melting the park's ice fields.Becky serves as the western writer for On the Snow a website that provides snow reports for ski resorts. She also writes stories for regional newspapers and national magazines such as Smithsonian and Backpacker and is the author of the bestselling Moon USA National Parks.