r/GlacierNationalPark

Like the title, I want to find out if I will be far away from the west side of the park.

Cheers!

A buddy and I are taking the Empire Builder to Glacier and renting a car to spend 4 days in Glacier National Park coming up soon here! Neither of us have been to Glacier before and I was hoping to hear any advice or suggestions to help make the trip as smooth, enjoyable, memorable, and SAFE as possible.

We're both active young men looking to do lots of hiking, sight seeing, and wildlife viewing. I know that a good chunk of Going-to-the-Sun road will be closed to cars, but what are some of the best, accessible hikes/trails we could plan for? Some of the ones I am seeing right now that look promising are Avalanche Lake, McDonald Creek/Falls, Trail of the Cedars, Iceberg Lake, and St. Mary and Virginia Falls. Any advice, pointers, suggestions, or wrinkles commented would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I love trekking / hiking and I created this itinerary for hiking trip (based on AllTrails and other websites).

I will be visiting after Sep. 7 so I shouldn't need to worry about the new Logan shuttle thing as well.

Any other trails that I should check out? Any hidden gems?

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Day 1: Travel

Day 2: Swiftcurrent Pass

Day 3: Iceberg Lake

- Explore east side afterwards (ideas?)

Day 4: Grinnell Glacier and Wing Lookout via Grinnell Glacier Trail

Day 5: Highline Trail

Day 6: Avalanche Lake and Hidden Lake Overlook

- Planning on also exploring Polebridge area a bit

Day 7: Siyeh Pass and St Mary and Virginia Falls Trail

Day 8: Travel

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Day 1 ~ Day 4 -> I will be on the east and the rest I will be in the Coram area.

I am aware this is a bit packed and a lot of mileage but I have done similar trips in the past and I want to make the best of my time exploring Glacier!

We are planning a visit in mid to late-September to Glacier, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. We plan to stay 3 full days in Glacier, 2 full days in Grand Teton and 3 full days in Yellowstone. We'd like to do some hiking, but nothing too difficult with too much of an elevation gain. Any itinerary recommendations, avoidances and recommendations on where to stay and eat would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi all! I’m going to glacier national park from 7/7-7/10 and I didn’t secure a ticket for 2 people any of these dates for the Highline Trail hike.

I am not known for having the best luck and my fear is that I don’t end up securing tickets. Do you think this is a high likelihood with this setup?

I am anxious it will be extremely competitive and my wifi won’t be fast enough to secure the 2 tickets for any of those 4 days as I am there during peak season.

Is there a way I can hitchhike or hire a taxi the day before if I need to so I don’t miss this hike? Also is this the only hike in the park that needs the Logan Pass shuttle?

If I don’t get the pass for any of those days please share alternate hikes that you recommend that are very similar!! I already have Grinnell Glacier, Hidden Lake Overlook, Iceberg Lake, Trail of Cedars + Avalanche Lake, and Upper Two Medicine Lake as options for my other days.

Thank you in advance for any advice to ease my anxiety.

So I am thinking about me and the wife both 43 decent shape going to the park next weekend we know the road isn’t gonna be open to go across and some trails may be closed. Are there any tips or tricks to going this early? Any great places to stay they are still open this early. I’m just trying to get some additional information and suggestions. we are coming from Ohio thinking of doing Mount Rushmore than cutting up the sea the park and some things along the way any suggestions tips tricks would be appreciated. Thank you.

This may be a silly question.... but I've never been up north west.... heading to the Spokane/Glacier area in late June and wondering if GPS on phones/cars will even work? I'm wondering if I should maybe print out directions from point a to point b before hand? I have ZERO sense of direction and am completely unfamiliar with the area.....

Headed up to glacier with a friend this afternoon, stopping to camp near Helena, then staying at St. Mary’s campground Saturday and Sunday night. Have been scrolling on here and Facebook looking at trails that are open and such. Not too bummed about missing high line or the alpine trails, but wanting some additional input from folks that might’ve been this time of year before / are also going. We have very loose hiking plans & are super flexible. Let me know if you have any recs! TIA!

I wanted help picking out some hikes that should be available the week of June 14th-June 20th. I will be in Glacier with 2 friends at that time. I know a lot of trails will be either freshly/ or partially/ or more than likely fully closed at that time of the year. Of course we would love to do some of the highlight hikes such as the high line or grinnell glacier trails, but wanted more practical advice on what to expect and what trails are best to hike in the early season. My friends and I are looking to be in the park 2 or 3 of the days of our stay and want to get the most of our experience. Any help will do!

Looks like there are about 700 shuttle spots daily if this is accurate and I have no reason to believe it is not.

Hey yall.

Heading up to glacier next week and want to spend a day in Waterton, wanna do Crypt Lake if I can. I’m having a hard time finding trail conditions, anyone have any clue what it’s been like lately? Will have microspikes and poles but won’t want to do anything that would require full on crampons or ice pick. If conditions are poor any Waterton alternatives? Thanks!

hey all, I’m planning to bike the GTTSR next week and I want to rent the “standard bike small” from glacier outfitters

ideally I want to transport the bike myself, but I’m renting from AVIS the “intermediate car” which will be a Toyota Corolla or similar and I’ve been reading that rental cars generally don’t have a hitch…

do you guys think I can fit the bike inside my car itself??? so that I don’t have to take the shuttle?

I’m thinking the bike will fit if the seats can go down so maybe I can request a car that has that capability, but if not, do you think glacier outfitters will let me take off the front wheel to get it to fit in the backseat of the car?

Anyone else having trouble booking the shuttle tickets for GNP? I got on to book for July 20th (they released today) however it kept saying not released, and then it quickly flashed available, but went to sold out on every park path before I could get a ticket. Is using a VPN part of the problem? Any tips or tricks? Maybe there's a better browser or something?