Glacier National Park Passes
Every Glacier National Park wilderness-permit entry point on recreation.gov - AllTrails ratings, demand scores, and a trailhead map.
A Glacier National Park wilderness permit covers overnight backpacking trips to the park's designated backcountry campgrounds, from the Highline and Gunsight Pass corridors to remote lakes in the North Fork and Many Glacier. It protects a spectacular stretch of the Northern Rockies, and permits are in high demand. Advance reservations cover the summer season (June 15 – September 30), and prime dates at popular campgrounds go fast.
Top Glacier National Park entry points
The most in-demand entry points, ranked by how fast each one books up on recreation.gov.
- BOU - Boulder Pass (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.6 on AllTrails
- COB - Cobalt Lake (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- HOL - Hole in the Wall (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.6 on AllTrails
- ELF - Elizabeth Lake Foot (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.6 on AllTrails
- NON - No Name Lake (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.9 on AllTrails
- OLD - Oldman Lake (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.6 on AllTrails
- FRA - Lake Frances (No Campfires) - Very high demand
- GLF - Glenns Lake Foot (No Campfires) - Very high demand
- UPT - Upper Two Medicine Lake (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.7 on AllTrails
- KIN - Kintla Lake - Very high demand
- HEL - Helen Lake (No Campfires) - Very high demand
- COS - Cosley Lake (No Campfires) - Very high demand - 4.6 on AllTrails
Popular trails
- Pitamakan - Dawson Loop - 4.9 on AllTrails
- Highline Trail - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Cracker Lake - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Gunsight Pass Trail - 4.8 on AllTrails
- Cobalt Lake - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Upper Two Medicine Lake - 4.7 on AllTrails
- Sperry Chalet - 4.6 on AllTrails
- Goat Haunt Ferry via Boulder Pass and Waterton Lake Trail - 4.6 on AllTrails