Glacier National Park Chat

Hi all, Hope this is the last post before our trip, but ran into a snag. I kinda forgot that even though we're flying from the US to Calgary and driving down to Many Glacier before starting our trip, we can't easily buy food in Canada and then drive across the border. We wanted to bring mainly the u...

Thanks Joybird. I spent the evening going over the options and came to some of the same conclusions especially about adding the fourth night. It looks like almost all of those sites have consistently had plenty of walk ups available for the 3rd and 4th night out so I hoped that wouldn’t be that hard...

So as it would happen, with the news that Waterton is now under evacuation warning - our trip begins at Chief Mt on Sept 2 with Cosley Lake, Mokowonis Lake, and Stoney Indian lake, exiting Goat Haunt Wed Sept 5th. We planned on taking the boat to Waterton, spending the night and then we arranged a s...

I didn't see this posted anywhere here and I just noticed it on Glacier's Backcountry Advanced Reservations Page. Per the page - "The Basics of Advance Reservations 100% Online application via Pay.gov. Fax, phone, or in-person applications not accepted. New in 2019! Standard group (1-8 campers)...

So I ended up getting a custom shuttle to get us back the following morning. A little pricey, but worth it to have an extra day heading up to Banff. Anyway, has anyone had any trouble buying tickets once they've gotten to Goat Haunt after hiking? Since we'll be headed down from Stoney, I assume we w...

See a lot of posts about parking lot fill times and was wondering about Chief Mt. I know it's way out there, but the reason I ask is that I have to pick up our permit the morning of Sept 1 and then drive from Many Glacier to Chief to start our hike. Was wondering if that lot has a tendency to fill l...

Received the following response today to my letter sent directly to the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent back in March regarding the reservation system. I found their emails online. My original letter is below. Even though I ended up getting my first choice itinerary, it doesn't change any o...

Thanks Pete. That's pretty much the route I figured but thanks a lot for confirming.

So I've gleaned from other posts that getting to Margaret from Mokowanis takes a little worthwhile bushwacking, but I don't see a clearcut way to get there via google earth. I can see a foot trail worn through the trees to the pyramid creek waterfall coming out of Margaret, but I don't see a clear p...

McKee80, The park website states that Waterton will not be issuing permits this year because of the fire so keep that in mind if you're leaving the car at Waterton and going to Chief. I think I'm going to do it the other way since I'll have to get the permit in St. Mary

Let me know if you hear anything from them. Sent them an email early yesterday afternoon about a custom shuttle and haven't heard back yet. I'll let you know if I do.

Hi All, Trying to figure out logistics for a trip starting at Chief Mt on Sept 2nd and ending at Goat Haunt on Sept 5th. We are at Stoney Indian Lake on the night of the 4th so I doubt we would be able to get to the boat at Goat Haunt in time to make the shuttle at 3:00 back to Chief Mt, thus we wil...

Received my permit today. 1st choice with all of my preferred sites in my preferred direction. For those of you still waiting, I was a 10:08 timestamp and kicked out multiple times. I had the following dates open and listed in the comments section that they were in order of most preferred to least: ...

Paul - good to know. It must not update on the weekend then if you received one. I’m a 10:08 and still waiting. Still hope.

It's been down since about 11:00 am. I was able to access it all weekend and this morning. Might be a short term thing like it was last time. The campsites did not change since Friday though, so I don't think they were issuing permits over the weekend OR the site didn't update. It looked the same fo...