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!🙏
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
thanks for the kind words. hopefully you’ll find a camp site
@shelzp72722 ай бұрын
@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.
@LongDogHomestead2 ай бұрын
Always a great job on these videos!❤
@TheWestisBig2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Thanks for taking the time to tell me. They take a lot of work
@J0p3h2 жыл бұрын
Was there with the family summer 2021, unforgettable experience.
@jwalker7821 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@marianheadington5316 Жыл бұрын
Glacier is the most wonderful place! Thank you.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
it is!! be sure to check out my 2hr comprehensive guide to the park- of course skip the lodging section
@HealthWiseExercise3 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Thank you for the information. I subscribed:)
@TheWestisBig3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@ikelinde37412 жыл бұрын
Wild to see myself in one your videos... thanks for the chat and the inspiration!
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
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.
@williambrown3208 Жыл бұрын
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.
@martinjdesmond Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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.
@martinjdesmond Жыл бұрын
@@TheWestisBig Good to hear that Swiftcurrent is also your favorite. Keep up the good work on the videos.
@TopwaterScott55 Жыл бұрын
Another great video that we will use to plan our trip to Glacier later this year!
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
Check the park website because they announce Vehicle Reservations are needed in more areas of the park this year
@sriuraweirich7442 Жыл бұрын
Awesome photos as well
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@SMtWalkerS Жыл бұрын
Excellent orientation to the area.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@johnstarkey98432 жыл бұрын
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!
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnstarkey98432 жыл бұрын
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
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnstarkey9843 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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.
@jacktoy3032 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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.
@jacktoy3032 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment
@sriuraweirich7442 Жыл бұрын
Very informative! Thank you!
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
Very welcome!
@melbaker94952 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
thanks for subscribing!!
@didibolter93622 жыл бұрын
The Motor Inn would be for me or the campground.
@debbieannsmith8962 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for all the info!
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@anikindall Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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.
@anikindall Жыл бұрын
@@TheWestisBig Will do!
@anikindall Жыл бұрын
@@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!
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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.
@anikindall Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@michaeltuffin8147 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
I can’t go either
@michaeltuffin8147 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@kbernal392 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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
@jeebus0222 жыл бұрын
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!
@hturbo10072 жыл бұрын
We were at St.Marys in July and paid 6.49. I'm glad we only needed a few gallons.
@didibolter93622 жыл бұрын
Seven cameras, wow!
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
The hard part is hauling 2 or 4 them up the mountain with a tripod, gimbal and bag!!
@didibolter93622 жыл бұрын
@@TheWestisBig Oh yes for sure and hauling all of those chargers for the cameras, and with my luck, they wouldn't be interchangeable 😣😣😣!
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
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
@didibolter93622 жыл бұрын
@@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! 🤗
@JP-dz7zu Жыл бұрын
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,
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
My channel is the info leader regarding Glacier. Subscribe to stay up today this Glacier National Park- Everything you Need To Know Before you go for 2023 and to plan for 2024 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sKphhZiQy5yVmKs.html this video will answer most of not all of your questions
@xiongboon Жыл бұрын
What can one do to protect themselves against animal attacks?
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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
@cierakitty Жыл бұрын
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.
@panna-youtubepremium76932 жыл бұрын
With your experience what is the best time to visit .And where.
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
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.
@pliccut Жыл бұрын
So how would you go about hiking inside Many Glaciers if you aren’t able to get accommodations? Are you out of luck?
@TheWestisBig Жыл бұрын
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.
@JohnnyRebel17762 жыл бұрын
Why are people still wearing masks ...weirdos
@cmborg10542 жыл бұрын
Someone else choosing to wear a mask does you no harm. Who cares if others are masked?
@JohnnyRebel17762 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@TheWestisBig2 жыл бұрын
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.
@williambrown3208 Жыл бұрын
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.