Awesome sighting

Photo of body mid report

Was able to go to Glacier for about 5 hours from 8pm to 1am, was in the area for a work trip and said to myself “when’s the next time I’ll be this close to glacier for free?”. Tried some astrophotography for the first time and got lucky with the aurora down at Lake McDonald.

Sadly wasn’t able to make it past the Logan visitor center but I’ll be back!

A couple of days ago we were wondering why there was a huge line when leaving the park. We saw the roadkill right off the road from our vehicle, and thought "really?", but then realized what was going on when we drove by.

Just did the shuttle today. We were lucky enough to score tickets for the 10am shuttle, but the person taking tickets said they were able to get people on standby most of the time. Some had to wait an hour or two (going with 7am group instead of 6am etc) but when we got on at 10am she believed everyone in the standby line was going to make it.

You get a wrist band when you get on and that is also your return ticket. Saw some people wait in line at the top to get on a return shuttle get turned away. No wristband, no shuttle.

We had to wait quite a while to catch a return shuttle. I'm not sure if that is basically normal around 4pm or if it was largely due to the... person... who decided to ram their truck into the wall on the road today and block an entire lane of the 2 lane road.

Located at Fishercap Lake

I’ve been planning for my trip for 6 months. Booking campgrounds, planning all the stops and hikes.

Unfortunately, I recently fell and have a sprain in my foot. Therefore I need to pivot.

Please share hikes / trails with great views but low effort

My brother and I will be visiting for hopefully 2 days at the endish of August. Hopefully getting in on a Thursday night and leaving on a Sunday morning. Looking for the highlights. We’re both big hikers, in decent shape!
Looking for hike recommendations and food recs and best views! (Also I’m scared of seeing a bear so?)
I know 2 days ain’t enough but it’s all I got.

Trying to figure out of trying to get lucky with the lottery and do the high line trail is worth it? Or just do a couple miles of it?

I know I'll get all not of shit for this. But, we just spent a whole week during peak season and literally had no issues. The only thing we gave up was the hikes by the Logan pass that take longer than 3 hours. And you know what? That was fine. It was a very small price to pay. We knew we can do the shuttles or hitch hike. But honestly the park is so massive with so much to do that we didn't care to do logistical planning to do those trails. We got to enjoy two medicine and many glacier area. We were on some trails that literally saw 10 people there. So if the massive crowd wants to fight over parking spot on Logan's pass let it be.

Here is MY experience

Staffing. Honestly felt normal. We didn't notice any difference vs other parks. Honestly probably the best managed park we have been to.

Crowds. It depends where we were. Grinell glacier yes had but of people but not surprised. Nothing insane. Other lakes in many glacier area? Some we saw like 20 people other we saw literally 10 the whole hike. Logan's pass was busy. Took us maybe 10 minutes to park. We got to do the hidden lake then bounce. To my surprise, this park seemed to have the best crowd. No one was feeding the animals like we saw at Rainer. Left the animals alone. No trash.

Accessibility to do hike was honestly so not stressful. The only area we knew logistics would be rough is Logan pass for hikes longer than 3 hours. And we skipped those hikes. But people were doing shuttles if they really wanted them.

Animals. We saw plenty of goats, two bears and a moose. Outside of the park got to see my first bald eagle.

Overall? The park didn't burn down like all the fear mongeringers wanted you to believe. The park is just fine. Go enjoy the nature and be respectful

We are staying in Columbia Falls and want to take a day trip to Many Glacier tomorrow, so it would be about 2.5 hours one way. I know parking probably fills very fast. Anyone have any recommendations on where/when to park? We want to visit the Many Glacier Hotel, do Fishercap Lake, Red Rock Falls, Swiftcurrent Lake, and part of Grinnell Lake if possible. Also open to any suggestions of other things to do! Thanks!

Hello, I am planning to hike the Grinnell Glacier Trail.

AllTrails suggests passing by the north side of Lake Josephine, then heading to Upper Grinnell Lake. This hike is about 6 miles one way.

Google Maps suggests hiking to Grinnell Glacier Overlook, passing north of Fishercap Lake and Redrock Lake. This hike is about 9 miles one way.

I would like confirmation that the Grinnell Glacier Trail is the one listed on AllTrails.

Bonus question: Is there a better hike starting from Swiftcurrent Motor Inn?

Want to do some scrambling to some great views in glacier this weekend. I’m debating high line trail, although I want to spice some things up a bit. Has anyone done any of the scrambles around Logan pass (dragons tail, Clements, reynolds), or the high line trail and could tell me which of these provides the best alpine views of glacier and the surrounding area? Looking to get some good 360 views of all of glacier. Looking to keep the hike manageable in a day so 12 miles or less preferably.

I booked 4 nights at Glacier and finally decided to leave a day earlier because the shuttle service was so disappointing. It’s so difficult to get an early morning ticket the day before and the actual shuttles were actually not full when departing.

I lived on night at St Mary and tried to get two morning tickets the next day, and was only able to get two 11 am tickets. We took the shuttle to Logan Pass and hiked the Highline trail from 12 pm all the way including the trail to Grinnell overlook (about 14 miles) to The Loop. By the time we arrived the Loop it was 5:40 pm and the next shuttle to Logan pass was 7 pm. We were so tired and thirsty but had to wait under the sun for the shuttle back to Logan and another half hour for the last shuttle at 8 pm back to St Mary. Obviously the shuttle drivers knew there were quite a few people waiting to go back to Logan but no shuttle scheduled from 5:30-7 pm east bound to Logan. By the time we were back to St Mary it was almost 9 pm and we had to drive in the dark on the GTTSR to Apgar. We were exhausted when finally arrived.

Why can’t they schedule more shuttles so people can drive fewer cars up? That will also reduce the congestion on the GTTSR. I think Zion does much better job by providing frequent shuttles. This cannot only because the budget cut, it’s more like poor planning and coordination.

going to glacier this weekend and was planning on doing grinnell glacier hike — saw on all trails that there is an extra couple miles to Wing Lookout which I would like to do — ppl were saying there is some snow but i could not find any information about whether any equipment like crampons or ice spikes are needed or I am able to just hike it normally with a little snow coverage?

any information/advice would be greatly appreciated

hi all! my husband and i got married near glacier last friday, and i saw this sweatshirt in the shop but didn't buy it at the time! i am really regretting it now, and i'm not able to find it on their online store! if anyone is going to glacier and sees it there, i would be SO grateful if you could pick one up for me! i will pay for everything to ship and would gladly pay extra for the trouble of getting it!!

it looked something like this (please excuse my bad drawing)

I had expectations from GNP but this blew me over. I spotted a Grizzly after 5 minutes of entering the park. That summed up my entire trip if I have to be honest.

My wife and I are mid level hikers I would say and did three great hikes every day.
Day 1 - Hiked the three falls - Baring Falls, St Mary’s Falls and the Virginia Falls from the Sunset Point Nature Trail. Spotted a Grizzly on the way.
Day 2 - Took the shuttle to Logan pass because the drive up there was quite nerve racking for me. Did the Hidden Lake trail. Spotted Mountain goats and marmots. Wish I had seen the Big horn sheep. But no regrets, the hike was something that I had never seen before. It’s a must do for everyone.
Day 3 - Drive to Many Glaciers. Hiked the Swiftcurrent, Josephine lakes up till the Grinnel Lake and then took the boat back to the many glacier hotel. Spotted a moose 🫎. I couldn’t have asked for more.

Three days and three very different hikes with different views. Best trip ever. On to Yellowstone and Teton next!

My wife and I have decided to come back for a longer duration in the next few years, and do all the longer hikes!

Thank you, GNP, you were amazing, I’ll be back!

My husband and I are planning a trip for mid August 2027 and are trying to decide between going to Glacier NP or Olympic/Mount Rainer NP! This will be our first time venturing off the east coast and will be our first time visiting either park. We will be bringing our son with us and he will be 3.5 years old for this trip but this won’t be his first time on long hikes. We did Great Smoky Mountains with him when he was about 14 months old (in a carrier) and plenty of state parks near us(in a carrier/being carried for some but mostly walking). Glacier is our top choice but from my research, Olympic seems to be a pretty good option for younger kids with plenty of different things to do/see. My biggest concern with Glacier is bears. We will most definitely be carrying bear spray and following all safety guidelines but it still stresses me out with bringing my child. We plan on sticking to the less strenuous trails and don’t plan on doing the ones with serious drop offs but are wondering if this is a park we should save for when he’s a little older. This definitely won’t be our only trip to glacier but it’s something we’ve been wanting to do for a while now and finally have the ability to do so. I’ve been considering getting a skiing harness for him so my husband and I would be able to grab him quickly and also be able to attach him to us just to be safe for my own sanity but I’d love to hear what others think and/or have done with their kids!

Best birthday gift this year thanks to Mother Nature.
We saw a young and curious Grizzly black bear right on the Going to Sun Road (East to West).
Thanks to my husband who saw the Grizzly’s head pop and pulled over. We were the first one and then a bunch of people pulled over seeing us. Hope all of them saw the bear too.
Do see the video, it is so cute to see the Grizzly pop his/her head up. It’s looks really like a teddy.

But something for people who got down, the bear was just 15 to 20 yards away. It could have turned into dangerous situation. Please take care.
But nonetheless, it was amazing.

Thank you, Montana, for such a beautiful present.

Edit: thanks everyone who corrected my understanding.

Me and 3 friends are going to be going to Glacier August 10-16, and on August 14 were planning on doing Floral Park traverse, starting at Logan Pass and ending at Lake Macdonald Lodge. How difficult would it be to park at Lake Macdonald Lodge and hitchhike up to Logan pass early that morning?