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Winter Camping is free in Glacier National Park!

The majority of winter camping occurs in the backcountry.

Backcountry permits are free during the winter.

 

Winter Camping Season is Free!

 

Accessible by paved road

West Glacier Campgrounds

Fish Creek Campground ~ $23.00
you pay $3/night for reservations
even if you don't use them
Reservations available
Free Hikers Shuttle Stop
On Call ONLY (good Luck)

Apgar Campground ~ $20.00
Free Hikers Shuttle Stop

Sprague Creek Campground ~ $20.00
Ten sites lakeside
great views across Lake McDonald
the remainder are near
Going To The Sun Road
frequently full
Free Hikers Shuttle Stop

Avalanche Campground ~ $20.00
Free Hikers Shuttle Stop

St Mary Campgrounds

Rising Sun Campground ~ $20.00
Free Hikers Shuttle Stop

Saint Mary Campground ~ $23.00
you pay $3/night for reservations
even if you don't use them
Reservations available

Many Glacier Campground $20.00
frequently full

Two Medicine Campground ~ $20.00
frequently full


Accessible by gravel road

Kintla Lake Campground
Bowman Lake Campground
Quartz Creek Campground
Logging Creek Campground

(primitive = no water)
Cut Bank Campground

Campgrounds
(theoretically)
Open year round

Apgar Campground
Saint Mary Campground


Hiker/Biker Campsites

A limited number of sites at
Apgar, Fish Creek, Sprague Creek, Avalanche, Many Glacier, Rising Sun, Two Medicine, and St. Mary are available for bicyclists and hikers.

Sites are shared with a capacity of up to 8 people; larger groups must split up or use group sites where available.

The fee is $5.00 per person per night. If hiker/biker sites are full or campers do not want to share a site, hikers/bicyclists must use regular unoccupied campsites.

Hiker/bicycle sites are for non-motorized campers only.

Motorcyclists must use regular unoccupied campsites.



   Snyder Ridge from Howe Ridge in 2007 after the Roberts fire of 2003
   The Roberts Fire of 2003 was started by a campfire outside of Glacier Park!

howe ridge 2007 after the roberts fire of 2003 glacier national park © Shawn Coggins glacierhikers.com