Glacier National Park, United States Travel Blogs

Glacier National Park & Going-to-the-Sun Road!
Aug 7, 2008 (130 photos)

Glacier National Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_National_Park_%28U.S.%29 was only an hours drive from Polsun where we had stayed the previous night. All the camping in Glacier is "dry" meaning no hook ups power or water and are allocated on ...

drive to Glacier National Park
Jul 15, 2007 (13 photos)

... nearby was a tall clock tower. After leaving Spokane I made a 5 hour drive northeast to West Glacier, Montana.  I set up camp and tomorrow I will be ready to venture into Glacier National Park.  

Glacier National Park
Jul 16, 2007 (57 photos)

... our entire raft flipped.  But no worries today!  The scenary was terrific and the river ran along side Glacier National Park's boundary. After the trip I packed a lunchand entered Glacier by car around 2PMish.  I drove the famous Going ...

Backpacking in Glacier National Park
Jul 28, 2009 (21 photos)

We had an incredible visit to Glacier national park.  I've uploaded one video but we have a ton of footage and images.  Stay tuned for more updates coming in the next few days.

Glacier National Park
Aug 26, 2009 (3 photos)

Drove all day, lots of back country roads to get into Glacier since we were going to the east entrance. The Road to The Sun was a beautiful and amazing drive. A few pictures  

Montana - Glacier National Park--Breathtaking!
Jun 25, 2009 (26 photos)

... ride around town . . . fun, but we were tired of the rain. After much discussion, Monday we headed out to Glacier National Park in northern Montana, a good two-day drive. Our concern was whether the famous "Going to the Sun Road" would be open. Due to ...

Great afternoon in Glacier
Jun 23, 2009 (12 photos)

... ;blade had worked well for over 100,000 miles.) No construction today!  Smooth driving to the east side of Glacier National Park. I spent most of the afternoon hiking in the Many Glacier area.  Went to Redrock Falls.  It was a ...

Glacier National park
Sep 5, 2008 (28 photos)

At Glacier National Park we stayed at the Apgar Campground.  It was a huge campground but several of the areas had been closed as it was the end of the season.  We quickly set up camp and had a bike tiki tour of McDonald Lake. ...

Going-to-the-Sun in Glacier National Park
Jun 28, 2008 (19 photos)

I hate to admit it but Glacier National Park and the Canadian Rockies that lay ahead of it never really stood a chance of wowing us all that much after our incredible time in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park. It's a terrible thing to say about ...

Another dream fulfilled
Aug 29, 2009 (7 photos)

For many years we thought that some day we would visit this park - and it's finally some day! Words fail me as we crane our necks this way and that, constantly finding beautiful views to feast upon. We're camping on Lake McDonald, which is crowded but ...

to Glacier
Jul 13, 2001 (3 photos)

... the border. The guy at customs was searching all through my car. He must've thought I had drugs or something. I entered Glacier National Park at the Many Glacier entrance. There weren't many people up that way. I saw Swiftcurrent Lake and hiked to Apikuni ...

Road Tripping Across the USA
Jun 15, 2009 (160 photos)

... are hard to come by, especially her earlier ones, which are of course the best.  This carried us through to Glacier National Park, which we reached about noon.  After briefly being confused by the Canadian visitor center in the middle of Montana, we went ...

Rugged Wilderness Explorations
Aug 2, 2009 (149 photos)

... Lodge Resort (which was actually a campground.. I have no idea why they call it a resort..)  Then early the next morning we drove to Glacier NP and got to our campsite in Apgar around 7 pm.  That night we went for a nice kayak when the sun was setting, which ...

Glacier National Park
Jun 27, 2009 (43 photos)

... the most part.  The next morning we stopped at the Wal-mart to have the car serviced and then were on our way to Glacier National Park. We entered Glacier National Park through the west and took Going-to-the-Sun Road which is the main road that runs ...

Mooooo
Jun 16, 2009 (240 photos)

... we got off highway 2 there were some scary roads (think narrow, gravel, drop-off) to get to the park entrance.  On entering St. Mary in East Glacier, our first stop was Sun Point, which was a breathtaking view of St. Mary lake and the surrounding mountains.  ...

Northward
Aug 13, 2008 (2 photos)

Today I took leave of Yellowstone and headed north to Glacier National Park.  Uneventful ride overall.  Most places were booked, so I checked into a place with a bunk bed in the room and a bathroom down the hall - for $107.  I didn ...

Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?
Aug 4, 2009 (13 photos)

... July, followed our trajectory northeast through Eastern Oregon, Washington and the Idaho panhandle.  Given our destination was Glacier National Park, located in the northwest corner of Montana, we rapidly moved through the region hoping to evade the ...

Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks
Jul 25, 2006 (21 photos)

... , content to just maintain tourist status here since we have bigger adventures ahead. A short drive from Yellowstone takes us to Glacier National Park, where we head up aptly named Going-to-the-Sun Road, and Todd and I oooh and aaah at the spectacular ...

Glacier National Park - Hiker Heaven
Jun 19, 2008 (7 photos)

... at the Iceberg Lake, a frozen lake surrounded by snow-covered cliffs rising thousands of feet above.  I finished off Glacier National Park with a fabulous chicken salad sandwich at a middle-of-nowhere roadside cafe.  Glacier is easily a top five ...

Going-to-the-Sun
Jul 14, 2001 (3 photos)

I missed sunrise but got early morning pictures of St Mary Lake and the mountains. I left around 9am and stopped for more pics at Sun Point and Goose Hollow. Drove the "Going-to-the-Sun" road over Logan Pass where I stopped at the visitor center. I hiked ...

Cascades and Glaciers
Jul 7, 2009 (14 photos)

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Jul 15, 2009 (7 photos)

More mountains (and rain)!
Jun 14, 2005 (6 photos)

... at 10:30pm. Reluctantly we bundled ourselves up again and braced ourselves for more winter mountain weather driving up to Glacier National Park. Not surprisingly it began to rain as soon as we began climbing the hills, puttering along in our little ...

Montana #1
Aug 16, 2002 (12 photos)

... was wasted but a peek at the dam and of the Missouri River was all we did before going further North. (no pictures) Glacier National Park is what I thought of as "the most", at the time. The mountains were huge, they were massive, they were tall. ...

Glacier National Park Day II
Jul 9, 2009 (24 photos)

Glacier National Park Day II 7-9-09 Jen and I decided to sleep in a little today, since we'd be spending another day in Glacier National. We thought maybe staying in bed until 8 am or so would be perfect, but of course we overslept and didn’t muster ...

Glacier National Park
Jun 10, 2008 (41 photos)

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Driving, Driving, & More Driving
Jun 22, 2009 (4 photos)

... . All in one. -    Arrived to Glacier National Park in rain and 44 degree weather. Things we did in Glacier National Park: -    Bri panicked about bears. She wanted to not even go in. She panicked even more when we were ...

Glacier National Park - The East Side
Jun 3, 2008 (37 photos)

... . From here we went to Many glacier hotel - which was closed at the time - to do a trail around Many Glacier lake. Due to heavy snow, most things in the park do not open until the mid part of June to the end of the month. And like the rest of the park, ...

Havre to Glacier National OR How Tragedy Struck
Jul 8, 2009 (26 photos)

... , were completely burned and charred away from fire. After what seemed like an endless journey, we finally reached the gate to Glacier National Park. We decided to stop at the visitor center, and when we got out of the car we were greeted with a harsh ...

Glacier National Park - Two Medicine Area
Jun 4, 2008 (22 photos)

... . Poor Pooh almost went nuts just before it was done since she was so hungry. After lunch we went on our light excursion to East Glacier. For the second time on this trip Pooh was going to drive. If you remember, the last time she drove she ran over a big ...