Visiting Glacier National Park

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Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park preserves more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows and lakes with habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal life.

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Know Before You Go

• Timed entry vehicle reservations will be required for the Going-to-the-Sun Road (coming from the west) and the North Fork, from 7 am to 3 pm. Each location has unique details and requires a separate vehicle reservation.
• Each of the reservation systems will be available 120 days in advance and on a daily rolling basis, beginning February 12, 2025.

• The remaining vehicle reservations will be available at 7 pm MT for next-day entry. (e.g., remaining vehicle reservations for July 1 are available on June 30 at 7 pm MT)

• Access to the Many Glacier and Swiftcurrent area will be limited to shuttle access for hikers with advanced reservations required,from July 1 - September 21, 2025.

Note: Visitors with reservations for lodging, camping, commercial tours, etc. in the reservation zones do not need a vehicle reservation for that area.

Find full details on Glacier’s travel planning page and visit recreation.gov to make reservations.

Going-to-the-Sun Road (West), timed entry vehicle reservations

• Required for vehicles entering through the West entrance: June 13 - September 28.

• Reservations are required from 7am - 3pm. Reservations are not required outside of those timeframes.

• Reservations are not required for vehicles entering from the east side at St. Mary.

North Fork, timed entry vehicle reservations

• Required from June 13 - September 28.

• Reservations only required for entering the park from 7am - 3pm.

Many Glacier updates

• Due to construction in the Swiftcurrent area, the park will provide a temporary shuttle service for hikers to access Many Glacier and Swiftcurrent from July 1, 2025, to September 21, 2025. Hikers need to obtain one shuttle ticket from Recreation.gov for their party to board the shuttle.

• Shuttle tickets will be available seven days in advance each morning at 8 a.m., starting on June 24, and at 7 p.m. the night before entry, starting on June 30.

• Tickets will be limited and determined by shuttle and parking capacity. Time blocks for shuttle boarding and details on the daily shuttle service will be announced in late spring.

• Access to all trails will begin at the Many Glacier Hotel upper parking lot, with maps and signs indicating detours around the construction zone.

• Hikers should be aware that detours may add up to an extra mile each way to hiking distances.

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