2 weeks in Glacier August 2018

PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Spent 5 days at Glacier last week.

Recommend 4-5 days on the east side and the rest of the time on the west side.

You will spend half of a day crossing the park from one side to the other. Going to the Sun Road will take 2-4 hours to cross the park. US-2 around the bottom might be faster, but still takes time.

You will not be permitted to take anything near as large as a 40' motor home over Going to the Sun road. I believe the limit is 25'.
Use Hiway 2.

The KOA on the east side is well-run and very short drive to visitor center. I'd recommend it. The red Jammer tours for the GTS road will pick up and return there if you reserve that way.

I definite would spend a couple of days in Waterton. We regretted not overnighting there.

Stay on the East side and take the bus to the main sites. No reason to drive your MH to the west side. If you wish make a day trip in the TV to the west side so you can brag that you drove the GTS highway. St Marys Campground (?) (dry camping) the one near the East visitors center is in walking distance to the bus pickup at the visitors center.

In August the parking lot at Logan Pass will be full by noon.

2 weeks at Glacier is a LOT of time unless you hike a lot. The Canada park side (Waterton) is much more scenic and better hiking trails. The Townsite CG at Waterton has full hookups and as the name implies is in walking distance of a small town with expensive food.

Spent 5 days at Glacier last week.

Recommend 4-5 days on the east side and the rest of the time on the west side.

You will spend half of a day crossing the park from one side to the other. Going to the Sun Road will take 2-4 hours to cross the park. US-2 around the bottom might be faster, but still takes time.

A lot of people spend some time on both the East Side and the West Side of the park. That can make seeing more of the park more convenient because you don't have to traverse the park every time you want to do something on the other side. We stayed at the West Glacier KOA a few weeks ago. It's a bit expensive, but we thought well worth the price and would highly recommend it. We would definitely stay there again. There is also a KOA on the east side in St. Mary. Haven't stayed there so can't make an informed recommendation.

Also, if I were you, I would try to get to Glacier before fire season starts.