Glacier National Park Chat

Jay w wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 12:57 pm Well done Flat Matt. Looks like you're traveling light, but brought a chair.

and a "water" bottle!!

I'll take a look at the Route Planner. It is just making a JavaScript "window.open" call.. so like this: window.open("campsiteDetails/ELL.htm"); Assuming that the campsiteDetails directory was on the same level as where the RoutePlanner was located... I notice in the code there i...

teapot57 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:52 pm Yes! Let the backpacking begin!

Is that water in your bottle or is it really vodka this time?

It must be 5 o'clock somewhere!!

Way back when, I was trying to gather data and information about different camps from people on the Chat Group. Some of it was info and pictures people sent to me, and some of it I poached from Trip Reports.. The stuff I have should be a good starting point, although some of the comments may be out ...

The Details files I created were just html files. I did them each by hand. It would be a lot better if we used a database for the information and just generated the details files. The RoutePlanner just builds a file name based on the campsite 3 letter name. and it assumes the Details file are in a &...

In the Route Planner I started creating "Details" files for the campsites. I didn't do very many, but I think Brown Pass, Boulder Pass, HOL, and Stoney Indian have Details files. Maybe we could create one set of details files and have both the RoutePlanner and the Backcountry Site availabi...

For Sale: Alite Mayfly camp chair. hardly used; just a bit too low for me.
Best offer, you pay shipping.

I have a hard time sitting on the ground and getting up, and logs and rocks are never the right shape or height, so I like having a camp chair. I first got an Alite Mayfly, but it was a little too low to the ground for me, so I got a NEMO Moonlite chair, its more comfortable for me, but it is heavie...

Hi gang..... A few updates here.... Route Planner: This is MattB's Glacier Park Route Planner. Word on the street is he may be working on a new updated version of that. Kyle... "New and Updated', might be a stretch! :-) :-) :D :D It might be more like, "a few glaring obvious errors were h...

I havent been on the Chatter Site for a while and was just checking in!
It looks good! Looks like things are coming along nicely!
Thanks for all the work, Kyle!

MattB

If they;re going to automate things with the Booz-Allen recreation.gov web-site, they should be able to add a feature that would give a priority to people who did NOT recieve a permit the prior year, kind of like how some places do hunting permits. And people who have failed to get a permit 2 years ...

Wow! What a surprise, Pete! But I also understand, Glacier is not the same anymore. Crowds, maintenance issues, costs of lodging, traffic. I had hoped that Glacier's surge in traffic was just do to the news stories about Glacier's disappearing glaciers, and people flocking to the park "before t...

Great photos Pete!!

I think some new trails or restoring some abandoned trails would be a great idea and could reduce the congestion on the trails and at trailheads. But I think its pretty doubtful there will ever be any new trails or restored old trails. One big problem is just the NPS budget and how it keeps getting ...

Does it require a ticketed entry to get to the Apgar transit Center?
If I just want to park at Apgar and ride the Shuttle Bus, is that possible without a ticketed Entry?