Hi, looking hike the northern circle in glacier in late august and do not have backcountry campsite reservations. Does anyone no how difficult it is to show up and get reservation 24 hours in advance which the only way to do it without res. I’ve already looked and all the resevable sites are gone? Coming from Vermont.
Thanks
Dale
Sometimes you can count on the backpacker/biker sites at the lakes campgrounds that are I think 1st come 1st served.
I showed up in early July & got some ridiculous itineraries; such as a 9 mile day then a 26 mile day ! Needless to say, I stealth camped during the 26 miler & luckily wasn’t caught! Bear canisters or ursacks are a good idea if you can’t be sure to make the long days to official sites where there are bearpoles. As many have said before: you have to go to a ranger station to get the permit & watch a bear movie, “Gentle Ben” I think. The closest one to E. Glacier is 2 Medicine which you can take an old 30s style touring bus to for a few bucks… get there as early as possible in the day, preferrably a Sat, Sun, Monday, etc… or go to or wherever you want to start your hike to get your permit & hope for the best. If you are stuck in the campground, at least they have ranger talks around the bonfire each nite I think. The main camps have stores with lots of hiker food for sale.
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