Glacier National Park Chat

I'm looking forward to a planned trip in August, coming in and out of Goat Haunt. I've never actually driven up to Waterton before, but I was recently told that there may be an issue with bringing bear spray across the border? Can anyone confirm or deny? I was planning on buying it in Great Falls when we flew in, picking up the permit in St. Mary's (since they won't be giving permits out of Waterton this summer), and then driving up to the townsite.

Thanks in advance!

I last crossed into Canada with bear spray a couple of years ago. At that time you could bring in your bear spray so long as it was EPA certified. The major bear spray brands like Counter Assault were OK. Other things like small sprays designed for personal protection from other people were not allowed. You probably should check that things haven't changed.

We took ours in last summer when we did Boulder Pass backpack.

Oh, forgot to say we also bot our spray in GTF and brot it across the border.

Never had a problem crossing the border with bear spray and I’ve done it many, many times.

Thanks for the replies. It sounded off, since I'd never heard of anything like that before. I'll stick to the original plan and bring it along.

Thanks!

As long as it has an EPA certification, then Canada will allow it to be carried.