Glacier National Park

Pros: Historic Housing, Car Camping, Services, Historic Buses, Free Shuttles, Ranger Guided Hikes, Nearby Airport
Cons: Solo Hiker/Backpacker OUT OF LUCK, NOISY Hiking Required Due to Bears

John Muir said about this park at the turn of the century-- "Get off the tracks at Belton Station, and in a few minutes you will find yourself in the midst of what you are sure to say is the best care-killing scenery on the continent. Give a month at ...

Pros: Some of the best scenery you'll ever see; great hikes.
Cons: Accommodations are very inconsistent; service is spotty in several lodges.

Glacier National Park is a true jewel. It is well worth a visit and early September is ideal - the crowds have thinned out and the weather is often sunny with highs only in the 70's. Accommodations are limited and quality uneven. Our experience was ...

Pros: Absolutely Beautiful!!!
Cons: Momma took my Kodachrome away.

My folks live in Kalispell, a small town touching the majestic Glacier National Park. A couple years back, my wife & I flew out to visit them.
When I woke up that first morning and stepped outside, I was stunned: turning a slow 360, I saw we were...

Pros: Unbelievable views, great hiking, fun all around
Cons: It's a bit chilly and a little out of the way

Imagine yourself in a small motor boat, whurring away on an empty lake, reflections of snow capped mountains all around you. Imagine the sun glinting off the perfectly blue water as you go around a bend. Oh my goodness! The view! The mountains are...

Pros: Some of the most beautiful scenery in the USA, generally very peaceful and uncrowded.
Cons: It seems like it takes forever to get there when you're five years old.

Up until I was eleven years old, I lived in far northern Montana - in some of the most undesirable country the state has to offer. Once a year, however, for my first six years, my family took a trip to Glacier National Park; this comprised the bulk of...

Pros: Great scenery, tons of wildlife, nice people, close to Canadian border.
Cons: Can't think of any!

Glacier National Park: A World Wonder!!! First thing first, I am Canadian, and the only reason why we never spent more than a day there because we we visiting Waterton National Park. Waterton is on the Canadian side and Glacier is in the U.S. and both of...

Pros: Incredible scenery and diversity
Cons: Too touristy (like most national parks)

Although my wife and I have always enjoyed being wherever we go after we've gotten there, we'd avoided Elderhostel for fifteen years. I can't say exactly why. Perhaps it was the vision of regimented living, communal facilities-- my past catching up....

Pros: Awe inspiring
Cons: In the middle of nowhere except by Train!

Several years ago we decided to take a slow trip across the American Rockies and traveled on AmTrak from Chicago to Seattle. We spent one night at the lodge at Glacier. It was unbelievable. The lodge was built for the railroad and is crafted from the...

Pros: peaceful, beautiful, elegant, ancient, wonder
Cons: none

This place is elegant and wonderful. The air is fresh and clean, the scenery magnificent. A great place to go on a spiritual quest or to gain a deeper respect for nature. The world is full of places one must see, and this is one of them. It's not...

Pros: Scenery, Scenery, Scenery, did I say Scenery?
Cons: As with any National Park - other people!

1) Overview.

Look up Glacier National Park, Montana on a Map. Go straight north just across the US-Canadian Border and you will find the Waterton-Lakes side of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Many don't know this but Glacier...

Pros: Incredible, wild, natural beauty
Cons: People can get hurt if they don't follow the rules

I am very lucky; I live in Kalispell, Montana, about a 40 minute drive from Glacier Park. I cannot say enough about the great wonders available in this park. It is one of the great wonders of America, and everyone who can go, should. When it is open...

Pros: the next stop must be heaven!
Cons: if you are deathly afraid of heights, don't tour Glacier by road

If you can spend only a day in Glacier, is it worth the trip? By all means. I've visited all of the major national parks in the fifty states, and Glacier ranks up there at the top for its astounding scenery. Just don't expect much in the way of...

Pros: Beautiful
Cons: weather

This has got to be the most beautiful place on the face of the planet. When I was there last 1998, we took a 5 mile or so drive through the most awe inspiring scenery. The Going to the Sun road through Glacier National Park, is just one tiny area of...

Pros: A natural spectacle full of flora and fauna.
Cons: Park is very isolated, but I think that its isolation is a blessing in disguise.

Imagine a world where man has never set foot; where the natural order of things is how it was millions of years ago. Glacier National Park is as close to that as any place in the United States, maybe even the world. This national park is not nearly as...

Pros: This park is less crowed than Yellowstone. Wildlife is better than Yellowstone.
Cons: Road can be scary

Glacier National Park is Better than Yellowstone to me. The Mountains are prettier and has less crowds. The Going to the Sun Road was a little difficult for me being from Florida. I had only driven in the Mountains of North Carolina.These Mountain are...