How to see the most Bison in North America
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes took over running the Bison Range in 2020. This was restoring the land and the bison back to the Tribes after over 100 years of the Federal Government taking the land within the Flathead reservation.
The Bison Range has 1 road through the range, there is a paved road Prairie Drive, with a turn back area, or there is a longer Red Sleep Mountain Drive, gravel loop. The gravel loop is a 45 minute drive, only open to residential vehicles, from mid-May to early-December. You cannot drive an RV on the road and there is no shuttle to take you around the park. It is for personal vehicles only. We took a 4-wheel drive vehicle, but never once had to put it in 4-wheel drive. It is a narrow and steep road, but if you feel fairly confident in your driving you can make it up the hill.