Glacier National Park Chat

I had my chance at getting a permit today and did pretty well, 6 nights in the Belly River in late June and early July. Right after 3 nights at Granite Park. So things are shaping up pretty well. For me at least the lottery produced about the same outcome as last year without all the stress. Looking...

You can pick it up a day early on the west side (Apgar Backcountry office).

The easiest option would be to fly into Kalispell, rent a large enough vehicle for your entire group and drive to the trailhead via either US2 around the southern end of the park or Going to the Sun Road. Even with a backcountry permit I think you would need a permit to drive the GTSR unless you ent...

While poking around on rec.gov tonight I found that you can now ask to be notified when campground spots open up. it is a beta feature that only works for front country campsites that have already been released and taken. It could be useful for snagging spots from reservation cancellations. I was ab...

Paul wrote:

Well, I was unsuccessful in the North Cascades lottery.

Same here. I guess the new style is to try several things and see what comes up. I’m 2 of 4 so far this spring.

Perhaps those of us advocating for a lottery shot ourselves in the foot. This fairer easier system may have encouraged more people to take a shot. I entered the North Cascades lottery this year for the first time because it was right there on the web page while I was entering the Glacier lottery. An...

April 15 for me. Probably not a lot left by then but we will see. Maybe I’ll do better in the North Cascades.

I'm in too. Good luck to everyone.

FuzzySideDown wrote:

Yep, the privy has no walls there … so it's really quite nice, asside from the lid being broken when we were there, but it works.

An appropriate spelling error.

There is quite a variety of openings at Granite Park this morning if you are quick enough.

Love the krummholz.

But it seems like every year Grinnell Glacier is a little smaller, Lower Two Medicine Lake is lower, less water is going under Running Eagle Falls and the smoke is thicker. Lately, I’ve been doing more trips earlier in the year when those things are less obvious.

No. I was afraid I would miss the hairpin turn at the bottom and end up wrapped around a tree.

With a few exceptions, my winter gear is similar to summer gear but heavier and bulkier. The Mountain Hardware tent has 4 poles, no netting, a single door at one end and heavier fabric. It weighs 7 or 8 lbs. I have backpacked with it but my normal backpacking tent is half that. The sleeping bag has ...

Over the years I’ve done several winter camping trips in Glacier. In mid January I pulled a sled into Two Medicine for two nights. I had reservations for a week in Yellowstone and decided that if the weather cooperated I would add a couple of nights in Glacier either before or after. Unfortunately t...

That Lake McDonald campsite doesn't look like the most desireable I've seen in Glacier especially under a hot sun. The beach would be nice though.