guided hikes

hello,

i am wondering if anyone knows about the guided hikes. where can i find info on this. Do the rangers offer them throughout the year.

guided hikes

You can check the 2008 publications for the ranger hikes of 2008 at this link:

www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/brochures.htm

The 2009 ones probably won%26#39;t show up for a while yet, but they will likely at least be similar to 2008.

guided hikes

The link provided by previous poster is great. The only hike that I personally know anyone has taken is to Grinnell. They said it was a good hike.

';Do the rangers offer them throughout the year.';

Throughout the summer, anyway.

We did two ranger-led hikes last summer (Highline Trail and Grinnell Glacier). Both were great. I was a bit concerned that they might be too slow, pacing the hike to the slowest participant. But they maintain a moderate pace, with briefs stops now and then for mini-lectures on geology, wildlife, etc. so the slower hikers can catch up.

Enzian,

Verry accurate. We never really caught up. Our fault not the rangers.

They really aren%26#39;t accountable for you. You can stick with them or not. Sticking with them is best for learning things but we apparently weren%26#39;t moderate hikers.

Thanks everyone for the great information...it is very very useful...

we are worried about the bears - and feel that hiking in a group is good (although we have not really gone on a ranger led hike - but think that at glacier it might be needed)

i tried looking everywhere for the info, but came up wiht nothing...

was hoping to hike to grinnel glacier, take the boat trip and then the guided hike... but it does not begin until july 15th...so we are out of luck on that one...

so want to make sure that we can get another ranger led hike...

thanks again

While many, many people hike alone or in twos safely, there is comfort in hiking with a group of 4 or 5. You can often meet up with other like-minded people at the trailhead and agree to hike together.

I wouldn%26#39;t assume any hike will or will not start by a certain date. GTSR did not open completely until quite late last year, and there was snow around on the trails later than usual, which directly affects when the guided hikes start.

I%26#39;m personally going to be in Glacier this summer July 5-9, so I hope they have started by then. I%26#39;m traveling alone, and while I%26#39;m not overly concerned about bears/lions, it just makes sense to join the ranger group whenever I can. Especially when Glacier has more good, long hikes ranger led than any other park. Highline, Iceberg Lake, Grinnell Glacier, not to mention a ton of great ones in Two Medicine.