Glacier National Park Historic Lodges, Motor Inns, Camping- and my favorite off- hotel
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- This is the 3rd update of this popular Lodging video by Glacier NP expert travel Guide Steve Salis. The recent popularity of the Glacier makes it difficult to stay in a lodge in the Park as rooms must be booked many months and usually a year in advance.
We tour the three Historic Lodges- Glacier Park Lodge, Lake McDonald Lodge and the Many Glacier Hotel and visit The Prince of Wales Hotel in Glacier's Canadian Sister Park- Waterton Lakes National Park.
We also tour the Park's many Motor Inns- They are like motels and they are our guides favorite places to stay. They are located at Rising Sun, Many Glacier, Apgar Village and Lake McDonald. We also see the small "uncluttered" cabins.
To determine the best place to stay you'll need know what you want to do in the park. So, hiking and wildlife at each each is discussed. Where you stay depends on
You'll also learn about the campgrounds. Only few of the campgrounds accept reservations.
When staying outside the park, you will need a Vehicle Reservation Ticket just to get in the park.
00:00 Intro
01:28 Lodge History
02:32 Historic Lodges
02:53 Glacier Park Lodge and Two Medicine
06:40 East Side drive 2 Med to St. Mary
07:20 St. Mary Resort
07:48 Many Glacier Hotel
12:51 Swiftcurrent Motor Inn and Cabins and Campground
17:43 Lake McDonald Lodge
19:11 Prince of Wales Hotel
20:00 Apgar Village Inn and Campground
22:41 Rising Sun Motor Inn and Cabins and Campground
24:09 Lodging outside the park
Awesome video ( truly spectacular pictures which i know doesnt do it justice) and so informative. Want to get there next summer but as you said most camping sites and motels already booked for 2023. Have to hope for some FCFS sites on east side!🙏
thanks for the kind words. hopefully you’ll find a camp site
@mck Check out Brownie’s Hostel in East Glacier. It’s a neat old historic building that housed railroad workers and I usually pay less than $75.
Always a great job on these videos!❤
Thank you! Thanks for taking the time to tell me. They take a lot of work
Was there with the family summer 2021, unforgettable experience.
Glacier is also my favorite National Park, and you have done a wonderful job presenting it and its lodgings. Thank you very much.
To everyone else, GO, before the glaciers melt away.
Thanks
Glacier is the most wonderful place! Thank you.
it is!! be sure to check out my 2hr comprehensive guide to the park- of course skip the lodging section
Wild to see myself in one your videos... thanks for the chat and the inspiration!
Btw- im thinking about using your moose and bear story in a new video “My 28 years in Glacier”. please send those shots, I’d like to see them and maybe use them.
Excellent video! Thank you for the information. I subscribed:)
Thanks for the sub!
If the Blackfeet Nation did build a nice hotel on the East Side. I would not stay there because if they are like the Navajo Nation. Then the hotel will be prohibited to sell any alcohol, beer or wine at the restaurant inside the Hotel. I stayed 7 nights at the Many Glacier Hotel starting July 24th. I'll never stay anywhere else but the East side of glacier. My top places to stay 1 Many Glacier Hotel 2 Swiftcurrent Motor Inn 3 St Mary Lodge. This was my 1st time at Glacier National park. Cannot wait to come back then drive back to Banff, Yoho and Jasper National Park.
Very informative! Thank you!
Very welcome!
Another great video that we will use to plan our trip to Glacier later this year!
Check the park website because they announce Vehicle Reservations are needed in more areas of the park this year
Great comprehensive video about lodging options at Glacier NP. Over the past 25 years, our family has stayed at a number of the lodges and motor inns in the park. My favorite are the Swiftcurrent cabins without a bathroom which are the cheapest places for lodging in the park. I would like to offer a different perspective about the Blackfoot Indian reservation. Six years ago,. my spouse and I visited their powwow in August and had a good time. Two years ago, we stayed at their A-frame cabins at Duck Lake. The A-frame cabins are similar to the Swiftcurrent cabins, but only cost us $70 per night.
Swiftcurrent is my favorite too. I stayed in cabin I4 3 or 4 years in a row. These days I do prefer a room with a bathroom though. I drove over to Duck Lake last year for the first time in many years. Good to hear its a nice place. Since its owned by the Blackfeet, and they are exempt from the Park's vehicle reservation requirements, I'm wondering if that privilege was passed on to those staying there. The new major construction on 89 may indicate the Blackfeet are building a major hotel complex to integrate their economy with the park which should benefit many.
@@TheWestisBig Good to hear that Swiftcurrent is also your favorite. Keep up the good work on the videos.
Great video! Thanks for all the info!
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome photos as well
Glad you like them!
Excellent orientation to the area.
Many thanks!
We have used your channel as our guide to Glacier.We will be there at the end of this week.We were lucky enough to grab a room at the Apgar Inn due to a cancellation(Yesterday!).What Luck. Thanks so much from New Hampshire!
Congrats on getting a room. The smoke from fires is pretty bad now I hope it gets better for you. I’m still hoping to go back this month but only if the smoke clears.
I hope it clears as well. Either way we'll make the best of it.Yosemite and Sequoia next year.I haven't checked yet;do you have videos on those parks? Take care
I’ve been to both those park but can’t afford the 30 plus days it would take to shoot them to my standards. If i like them as much as glacier or Utah’s mighty 5 maybe I would figure a way to make a shoot work.
@@TheWestisBig Just back to New Hampshire from Glacier. FYI, Glacier is now our favorite park. Unbelievable sites,even for a couple non- hikers. Going to the Sun road was outstanding!. We'll see if Yosemite gives Glacier competition.Plan is to see that park next year.Thanks for your guidance.
Well thanks!! Yosemite is nice, and the big Sequoia are incredible! But Glacier is much more colorful- more varied geology. I prefer Glacier, but understand why some prefer Yosemite. It’ll be a great trip.
Stayed at Swift Current Motor Inn last night (June 14, 2023). Wifi is spotty and only available in the lobby of the office where you go to check-in and out. Definitely no cell phone service.
I stayed in a room (motel building) that had an adjoining room. The sliding doors (one on each side) between the two rooms had simply latches. Plus, there was a small gap between the frame and the door. I could peek into the other room via this sliver. Obviously, any loud conversation in one room would carry to the other.
As for hiking, I did the hike to Iceberg Lake. It was raining and as I got up in elevation, it was sleeting. I did see two young moose on the way up and two Bighorn Sheep on the way down.
Thanks for the feedback. It help others avoid disappointment. It’s Still my favorite place to stay in the park. As I say in the video - don’t go to Glacier for the accommodations. If you need typical hotel amenities stay outside the park and give those of us who love the area a better chance to get a room in that amazing location.
@@TheWestisBig Overall, it was a good stay. I was there for the hiking and was not looking for all the comforts of a hotel room. In fact, the room I got was a good size.
Thanks for the comment
That was really helpful. Like Yosemite, it looks like you need to book out a year in advance if you want to stay in lodging inside Glacier.
thanks for subscribing!!
The Motor Inn would be for me or the campground.
Sir any advice for best place to stay around the week of May 14-17 at the glacier park? Need to be at Montana for an event and we couldnt pass the opportunity to visit glacier park . Your reply would be highly appreciated. It will be our first time. Learning a lot from your video. Such a blessing.
Much of it will be closed due to weather on those dates. see my what to know before you go video for more info. The mini Golden in Hungry Horse will be open
Thank you so much for the information regarding the Mini Golden Inn. We hope to go to Glacier either this summer or next depending on getting Going to the Sun Road reservations and room reservations. Our first choice for lodging will be the Mini Golden Inn because we need an ADA room for my sister. Hopefully we will be able to get both the road and room reservations since neither one is good without the other. ADA rooms book up quickly at places that offer them since there aren’t enough of them for the aging population. By the way, I just found your videos yesterday. I will be watching many more of them in the coming weeks.
Your welcome. I've stayed at the Mini Golden 2 years in a row and I will again. Nice place! Be sure to tell them you heard about them in my videos.
@@TheWestisBig Will do!
@@TheWestisBig I got our Going to the Sun Road reservation at a little pasted 7 this morning (PST) and one for Two Medicine. I couldn't get Many Glaciers :( .
I just called and made our reservations at Mini Golden Inns and mentioned this video. The woman on the phone said many people have been mentioning you!
it’s good to know can actually get a ticket on the website before they’re gone. Glad to hear the mini golden is getting bookings- hope i can still get a room there.
@@TheWestisBig I started, already logged in and on the right page, exactly at 7:00 (8 MT). Initially I was getting too busy messages, and the ticket count was going down with each refresh, but suddenly I had one. If you want to get a ticket you really have to jump on as soon as the block is released the first day of the month. We will try for day before tickets for Many Glaciers, but I am not optimistic.
This old man was hoping to make his first trip to Glacier this summer, but, as your video points out, all lodging is booked except for an odd day here and there.
I can’t go either
@@TheWestisBig The prices lock people out, too. I've stayed around a lot of NPs, and prices near Glacier are only slightly cheaper, than say, Jackson Hole for the Tetons. places like West Yellowstone or even the El Tovar on the Grand Canyon are less $$$$$ than staying near Glacier.
That gas at east glacier is murder! I paid 3.99 earlier this week in columbia falls....It was almost $2 more per gallon at east glacier. I'm glad I didn't have to fill up!
We were at St.Marys in July and paid 6.49. I'm glad we only needed a few gallons.
I’m so confused by Glacier. I intend to go in July of 2024. Do I need to book a year in advance? If I stay in the park, do I still need permits to drive on certain roads? If that’s the case, how soon can I get those permits? Can’t seem to find clear info anywhere,
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So how would you go about hiking inside Many Glaciers if you aren’t able to get accommodations? Are you out of luck?
To hike in MG get there early. The GGT parking lot can be full by 5:30am and the others soon after. Before 6am you don't need a Vehicle reservation. During the busy season you will. These are hard to come get.
With your experience what is the best time to visit .And where.
I like to be there about now. But in the last few years smoke from forest fires ruins the photo ops. You should probably subscribe and watch my "what you need to know" video. and or my Glacier: the Hiker's national park" video they will help you decide where to go based on what appeals to you.
Seven cameras, wow!
The hard part is hauling 2 or 4 them up the mountain with a tripod, gimbal and bag!!
@@TheWestisBig Oh yes for sure and hauling all of those chargers for the cameras, and with my luck, they wouldn't be interchangeable 😣😣😣!
I have a bag with nothing but chargers- once I forgot one and had to have it FedExed to Swiftcurrent Motor Inn- it got there in a day
@@TheWestisBig Oh yes good for you my friend, a charger is absolutely one thing that you really can't and don't want to be without for sure! 🤗
What can one do to protect themselves against animal attacks?
For legal reasons I can’t advise on that subject. My “Glacier: what you need to know” video talks about where to find Bear safety info. Please subscribe
First know where you are going...you don't want to wander into their "home area". Be aware of your surroundings at all times....the animal will not announce his or her arrival. Don't run, try and stay calm, ........or you can yell and scream and take your chances. An air horn works well. The sprays of course. Watch the munchies...they can smell food...and will look for where the smell is coming from.
Why are people still wearing masks ...weirdos
Someone else choosing to wear a mask does you no harm. Who cares if others are masked?
@@cmborg1054 -yes it does harm others. It's like saying, i love all the mask mandates and tyranny over the last few years, give me more please! And i for one have had more than enough. It's a symbol of oppression and stupidity.
They were wearing masks because at the time the video was shot the company that manages the Hotel required all employees to wear masks when indoors. A few weeks later because of a covid spike in that part on Montana the national Park Service required everyone to wear masks when in buildings in the park.
I do not understand it as well I just got back from my Glacier / Canadian Rockies national park trip starting at Glacier July 23rd. I seen a lot of people hiking up 4 or 5 miles outside wearing a face mask 😷. It's funny seeing that.