Glacier National Park tips.

If the east side of the park is open, try to visit and spend a night or two over there. Last year the east side was closed due to the Indian reservation. When you go to the east side, drive the Going to the Sun Road.

I think Many Glacier is the best part of the park. The lodge there is cool but expensive and probably books up way in advance. There are also some decent options to stay in St. Mary or further south in East Glacier Village. Also on that side, Two Medicine Lake is a good spot to stop to take photos or have a picnic.

The best hike in the park, imo, is Grinell Glacier, which starts near the Many Glacier lodge. You can also take boat rides across the lakes for part of this hike if you want to save your legs. The hike to Cracker Lake is also a good hike in Many Glacier.

The best easy hike in the park is the Hidden Lake Overlook hike which starts behind the Logan Pass visitor center at the peak of the Going to the Sun Road. Just a warning, parking there is very difficult even in non-Covid times so you may have to plan on using the parks shuttle system to get there if it is running. Another good easy hike is Avalanche Lake.

Many Glacier is my favorite part of the park. Logan Pass parking will be full by 7am so any hike you do in that area will require an early morning start or a shuttle bus ride. I have it on good information this summer the shuttles will only stop at the Apgar transportation center, Logan Pass, and St Mary next summer. Sounds like the Indian reservation is going to be opening up next summer, but you may want to check on the status of Many Glacier, since the plan was to rebuild the road into that part of the park pre-pandemic. There are plenty of fantastic places that are not in the park all over Northwest Montana, so the park should not be your only destination.

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Glacier now requiring ticketed entry:

By Discover Kalispell on Apr. 07, 2021
Earlier this month, Glacier National Park announced that there will be a temporary ticketed entry system put in place for the 2021 summer season. And, as you can imagine, we’ve had a flurry of questions around what this means, including how to purchase a ticket, where you need one and more.

To help make planning your trip to Kalispell, northwest Montana and Glacier National Park as easy as possible, we’ve breaking down the most-asked questions about the new ticketed entry system. Insider tip: Glacier National Park regularly updates their FAQ page with information.

When are tickets available?
Entry reservation tickets will be available up to 60 days in advance of your visit. Two-thirds of the tickets will be available in the 60-day window, while one-third will be released two days in advance. Tickets will begin to be available on April 29, 2021 at 6 a.m. Mountain Time, and they can be purchased at recreation.gov. Tickets are technically free, but there is a $2 processing fee. Important note: you cannot purchase entry tickets at the park gate, only online.

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