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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 30, 2013
Pros: Very scenic with many trails
Cons: The glaciers are melting rapidly
Summary: Glacier National Park contains more than seven hundred miles of hiking trails. The park is in the Rocky Mountains and there are definitely some trails that involve serious climbing. However, there are also trails with very little change in elevation, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 24, 2012
Pros: Seeing the glaciers and driving Going-to-the-Sun Road.
Cons: The glaciers are disappearing.
Summary: Glacier National Park is off of the beaten path, wild and rugged. It is also the home of the Going-to-the-Sun-Road, a variety of animals and some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet. My one regret lies in not having more time to see it ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 19, 2007
Pros: Some of the best scenery you'll ever see; great hikes.
Cons: Accommodations are very inconsistent; service is spotty in several lodges.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 20, 2007
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
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 19, 2004
Pros: wildlife, hikes
Cons: tourists were more friendly than locals
Summary: We hiked over 50 miles in 6 days. Our group consisted of 15 people - 9 males and 6 females, ages 9 – 46. My 11-year old nephew recently broke his leg and had his cast removed 7 days before hiking Iceberg Trail (10 miles round trip). He brought along a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 15, 2001
Pros: grizzly bears, excellent trails, beautiful sites
Cons: grizzly bears, tourist traps, crowded at times
Summary: It's difficult to describe the breath-taking sites surrounding you when you take a trip to Glacier National Park. But it's absolutely beautiful! If you've been, then you know what I'm talking about. If you've never been, and you're contemplating a trip, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 1, 2001
Pros: Breathtaking views of sites.
Cons: None.
Summary: Canada's counterpart -- Waterton National Park -- adjoins Glacier's boundaries into Canada. The Continental Divide winds along the backbone of Glacier and in a sense creates two entirely unique environments. The western side -- Lake McDonald -- is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 16, 2001
Pros: Beef in excelsis at the Cattle Baron and serious desserts
Cons: Montana is no place for vegetarians to try to eat
Summary: I'm not sure that the Cattle Baron Supper Club--which is close to being Babb, Montana, rather than being in Babb--is the best steakhouse in the West, as ralph27's epinion claimed. I've only been in four western states this millennium and there are ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 28, 2001
Pros: Glacier offers outstanding scenery, solitude, and extensive opportunities for day-long to week-long hiking.
Cons: Campgrounds options are few, pricey, and suffer from a lack of privacy.
Summary: So we discovered on the trail to Grinnell Glacier, a 5.5 mile one way (we have it on good advice that the signs aren't too accurate) stunning, uphill, full-of-wildflower-meadows-and-bear-signs hike. The terrain is diverse - you climb through three ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 25, 2001
Pros: Clean air, beautiful lake, and best of all there are many places to visit.
Cons: I did not find any cons when I was there.
Summary: I was on a scenic bus trip that started in Washington State then circled through Canada and Wyoming, then back to Washington State, WOW what places we saw. Like Lake Louise, Calgary and Glacier National Park.
I had never before seen such ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 17, 2001
Pros: Pristine wilderness! What more can you ask for? I love Glacier.
Cons: The lake Sherburne Dam and the GPI concessions.
Summary: I spent four summers in Glacier working at a cafe on the East side of the park between St. Mary's and Babb...so I will concentrate my opinion on the Eastern slope of the park. First of all there is only one road through the park "going to the sun road" ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 16, 2001
Pros: the beauty of it is unlike no other
Cons: roads are extremely windy
Summary: While living in Montana for several years I had the great experience of being able to visit Glacier. The trip from home was lengthy but after arriving at the park it was surely worth it. The magestic mountains zoom right out at you. The waterfalls, the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 10, 2001
Pros: Plenty of trails and soul-calming scenery
Cons: Short season and out-of-the-way location
Summary: Prologue
It was really a fluke that we ended up at Glacier. It seems so out of the way, tucked up in the corner like that. Who would go there. I don't know what possessed us to think that we could drive from Chicago to western Montana without ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 2, 2001
Pros: Magnificent scenery, not too crowded.
Cons: None that I can think of.
Summary: Sometimes wildlife can come a little too close for comfort. The first time I visited Glacier National Park, back in 1959, I had an unusual encounter with a bear. After driving out of the main entrance on the east side of Glacier, we decided to stop at a ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 19, 2001
Pros: Beautiful Views, tour packages are dynamite.
Cons: None, its nature!
Summary: "Oh my!" The words uttered as I viewed every breath-taking view of this park, which was virtually every time I blinked. This is the place to take the family. Forget Disney World and Busch Gardens, take the kids to an educational spot. Let them learn ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 12, 2001
Pros: What to see Heaven? Come here.
Cons: I wish I could stay there forever.
Summary: I always like to start by qualifying myself. I was born and raise on the east coast (Maryland, Virginia). The east coast has some mountains, lots of history and it's where our nation's capital is located. The water is close by (Atlantic Ocean, Potomac ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 6, 2001
Pros: Fantastically beautiful, easy access via roads, but still able to find backcountry experiences
Cons: Will have to rename park after c. 2070 when Glaciers have melted completeley
Summary: We had a wonderful time in Glacier during the summer of '96.
We took a long dayhike up to Grinell Glacier and lunched next to a lake filled with mini icebergs.
Another August day we hiked up toward the highest pass in the park. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 1, 2001
Pros: Scenery,scenery,scenery
Cons: A long way to go but worth it
Summary: I have been to many great vacation sites in the U.S.A. and nowhere have I seen views to match the ones found
in Glacier Park.Last year I visited Waikiki beach in Hawaii and although the sunset was glorious I still love the going to the sun road in ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 18, 2001
Pros: This park is less crowed than Yellowstone. Wildlife is better than Yellowstone.
Cons: Road can be scary
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 26, 2001
Pros: the next stop must be heaven!
Cons: if you are deathly afraid of heights, don't tour Glacier by road
Summary: 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 ... read more
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