Glacier National Park Chat

Hey Kyle, what’s with the bots? Randomly resurrecting old threads with seemingly chatCPT generated content. The mystery to me is ‘what is the end game’ with no link to sell you something or phish your information.

Interested to hear perspective on causes and solutions/tools and their effectiveness in general. For instance, Selkie, you seem to be eluding to the bear conditions being more of a cause than the dog (not trying to put words in your mouth). I also read into previous comments that having pets seems t...

Hi Kyle- spot on in translation. For direction, I mean which way one went. Probably more pertinent for backcountry, but there would be a couple day hikes like Dawson-Pitamakan, Piegan Pass, Siyeh Pass, etc. Easiest reference I have found is from-to (as compared to clock or cardinal direction). There...

Kyle, I had a quick look at the ‘my glacier’- I really like the concept and I think some cool things could be made from it. One thought: Go by segment instead of trailhead to endpoint (or do that recursively behind the scenes). That way people on longer hikes (multi day) can see similarity Other ide...

Really cool Kyle! Thanks for all the ideas and the effort to implement!

Thanks Teapot! Looks like I have some more reading to do. I’ve struggled a bit with the website, where one time I only see a handful of entries, and with your link there are 4 pages. I really like the posts- a good blend of storytelling and route information, with the route information striking a go...

9 people needed to be rescued halfway to Dragon’s Tail Link

I stumbled on this when going down the rabbit hole from the lost trails discussion, specifically Miche Wabun. Here is his blog: Link Unfortunately, last I checked the majority of the lakes are not covered. Regardless, really cool goal and accomplishment. Really wish some of the obscure ones were cov...

Here are the dispersed camping rules for Nyack/Coal Creek and elsewhere.

Went for some bear spray Monday, found none. Dropped off a fuel canister, bear spray and lighter today and found two tubs of bear spray, go figure. Really cool concept.

Thanks Ralph! It turns out there are two sets of rules: one for Nyack area and one for everywhere else. I took some pictures of the two papers and I’ll post that. Essentially the Nyack rules are reasonable for ‘on trail’ dispersed camping (50 yds) and non-Nyack (1/2 mile) are reasonable for ‘mountai...

Thanks Orin! You’re on it - I’m wanting to preserve the lakes if possible (COB, ISA, BEA). As a clarification, the cut bank pass thought would be at the Nyack trail intersection, not the pass itself, which would save a couple miles each way to Upper Nyack for an established camp- which from what I u...

Anyone have any experience with dispersed camping? I’m thinking about asking for next week, but was curious for some insight: How strict is the Nyack zone enforced? I currently have COB-ISA-PAR-COA-BEA-OLD. I am looking to consolidate ISA-BEA into two days instead of three. Ideally I think I’d stop ...

Looking at the availability maps, three of the most popular backcountry routes are currently closed. Dawson-Pitamakin is closed due to bears. Not just the Old Man Lake camp but the entire Dry Fork. Glad I got my trip in early in the summer while it was still open. Gunsight-Sperry is also closed alt...

Edit to add, indeed they specify a bear canister for undesignated camping:

An Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) approved food storage device is required for all at-large camping.