Glacier National Park: History, Highlights, and One- to Three-Day Adventures

Glacier National Park is a million acres of peaks, lakes, and forest on the Continental Divide, crossed by one unforgettable road. This guide helps you plan one, two, or three days there: when Going-to-the-Sun Road is open, how the Logan Pass parking and shuttle rules work, which side of the park to sleep on, and where to look for mountain goats, bighorn sheep, and bears.

What's inside

• Nine ready-made itineraries: one, two, and three days, each at easy, moderate, and strenuous effort, from a relaxed drive over Logan Pass to Avalanche Lake, the St. Mary Valley waterfalls, the Highline Trail, Iceberg Lake, and Grinnell Glacier, each with a weather backup
• The park's history, from the Blackfeet, Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and Kootenai homelands to the Great Northern Railway's hotels and chalets, Going-to-the-Sun Road, and the shrinking glaciers
• Sightseeing highlights: Lake McDonald, the Trail of the Cedars, Logan Pass, Jackson Glacier Overlook, St. Mary Lake and Wild Goose Island, and Many Glacier
• A wildlife chapter profiling 14 animals, from mountain goats and grizzly bears to moose, pikas, and American dippers, each with a photograph and notes on where and when to look
• Trip planning for seasons, fees, entry rules, lodging and camping, accessibility, pets, and bear and water safety
• 34 photographs and 6 orientation maps

What you'll receive

• EPUB ebook (Glacier_National_Park_Brian_D_Russ.epub, about 12 MB) for Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and most e-reader apps. Kindle readers can send it to their library with Amazon's Send to Kindle.
• PDF (Glacier_National_Park_Brian_D_Russ.pdf, 100 pages including the cover, about 29 MB) for any device, and for printing pages. It opens on the illustrated cover.

Your download link arrives by email right after purchase.

Edition

First illustrated edition, October 2026, with research completed October 2026. Road openings, shuttle and parking rules, and closures change every year, so check the park's current alerts before you travel.

Start early, carry bear spray, and let the Crown of the Continent take your breath away.

This is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service.