Our 4 Day itinerary works if you’re visiting Glacier for 1-7 days! The plan is adjustable based on your needs. It also includes options for those wishing to hike less but still get the Glacier experience.
And since you’re in Bear Country, we tell you what you need to do to be prepared for grizzlies. Glacier is one of the best places to see grizzlies in the lower 48 states.
You can’t fail with our easy to follow instructions including destinations, arrival times and over 90 images and maps to keep you on course. We don’t give you a bunch of information and let you figure it out. We give you a step-by-step plan for seeing the park. No fluff.
Our guide eliminates 10-20 hours of planning and gives you secrets only an insider knows.
Want to see an actual Glacier? Just follow the plan, and you’ll get a Rocky Mountain experience to tell your friends and family.
You’ll fall in love with Glacier while driving the Going to the Sun Road. We show you the best overlooks and activities to do on the famous Going to the Sun Road. Do this once-in-a-lifetime experience right the first time!
You can easily turn your visit to Glacier trip into an Epic Western Road Trip! In just 7-10 days, you can see geysers and canyons at Yellowstone National Park as well! Add 2 more days to visit Majestic mountains of the Grand Tetons.
Or…do an epic Canadian Rockies Road Trip to Banff and Jasper of Canada. You will never forget the turquoise water of Lake Louise and the Bow River.
These guides include transition days between the parks with lots of things to do along the way. We have guides available for each of these locations that not only include great itineraries and audio guides, but also include the best routes and things to do along the way. Planning a big road trip couldn’t be more simple.
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Hey, We’re Matt and Cheryl and we are on a mission to help people have amazing vacations. Not only do we write easy-to-follow itineraries, but we love to share interesting stories in our audio guides about all of our favorite places!
We live in Utah, just four hours away from awesome national parks like Zion and Yellowstone, and have spent our lives exploring the West and the Rocky Mountains. We often travel with both sets of our retired parents (they like each other!) and our four teenagers (who like to travel…sometimes).
We met in a history of Utah class at Weber State University and tied the knot 22 years ago. Matt worked for Social Security and taught adjunct history classes at our alma mater. Cheryl taught special education for 28 years and continues to volunteer by teaching a weekly dance fitness class.
We took a shot at our dream in 2020 and started making YouTube videos about the national parks we know so well. We now have over 10,000,000 views and have sold over 12,000 guides. We are delighted to help travelers fulfill dreams of their own!
We love trying out all the activities and working with local experts to give the best, most up-to-date travel advice out there.
At We’re in the Rockies, we believe in preservation and donate 5% of the proceeds of your purchase to the Glacier Conservancy to ensure access and enjoyment for future generations.
Glacier is a big park with four distinct sections. Five if you include Waterton Lakes on the Canadian side of Glacier. We have one day dedicated to each section of the park. We believe that guests can spend two days in both the Many Glacier and Lake McDonald area.
If you only have one or two days, many visitors just visit West Glacier.
Our guide gives you a priority order of which areas to visit based on how many days you have.
Our itinerary is written so that you can do the days in any order you wish. This works great because people enter and leave the park from different entrances.
The Going to the Sun Road opens in mid-June and closes in mid-October. Even though you can visit Glacier without this road being open, it’s one of the best things to do in the park so this is when we like to travel.
Two things to know about Glacier
Highway 2 is a good alternative
You have a couple of options:
Although we’ve spent plenty of time in Glacier, for this guide, we consulted with Linnea Benson who spent many summers here as a boat captain and served as a Glacier park ranger for 2 years.
We combined her knowledge of the park with our guide writing skills to bring you this itinerary.
We travel with both sets of our retired parents and our 4 kids (who are now teens) so we have a pretty good radar on the interests of most types of travelers.
We recommend what we believe are the absolute best spots in the park and give back up options for longer hikes or things that cost.
We give star ratings and approximate prices to help you decide which activities are the best value for you!
We are of the mindset that you have a plan so you can be flexible.
We lay out what we believe are the best activities for your time and money but we all have different preferences.
Because each activity listed has a star rating, approximate time frame, and cost, you’ll easily be able to adjust to best suit your group’s interests.
We surveyed our customers and they reported that our guides saved them 10-20 hours of trip planning research, on average.
Although much of the information included in this guide can be found with significant research, this guide combines what you need to know into one place and it is from a source committed to giving you the best information.
This guide cost us over $11,349 to create when you combine travel expenses, consulting, map creation, and formatting. In addition, we have spent hundreds of hours visiting this park and doing additional research. The audio guide alone was over 100 hours of labor (but of course, a labor of love!)
Many of our travelers enjoy the confirmation that they have already created a good plan and may even find a thing or two to add to it.
Other travelers may find that our plan is similar to what they had already pieced together on their own.
If you’ve already spent hours planning, you may not find maximum value in this guide.
Yes! We travel with our 4 children and both sets of our parents. Although not every activity is for everyone, there are always backup suggestions.
We write these guides so all the work you should need to do is obtain your lodging and reservations. We include maps, the time needed to complete drives and activities, and lodging recommendations (areas to stay-not actual hotels). We put boxes throughout the guide indicating it’s an item that you will need to take care of before you leave. We also give links to websites we think you should check before your leave.
We recommend using a personal vehicle. The park offers a free shuttle that goes over the Going to the Sun Road, but the shuttles are small and don’t run as frequently as shuttles do in other parks. It’s common to have to wait for 30 minutes or more for a ride.
The rest of the park does not have a shuttle system.
Yes. We give approximate time frames that are needed to complete an activity. The schedule is generally not so packed that you have to be a quick traveler. But, if you know you generally need more time, you can make adjustments. If you are quick, there are suggestions for additional activities
This is a digital download so it will be EMAILED to you. That way you can have access immediately and have the option to download it to any device you want.
Many travelers, including us, prefer to print the itinerary and take it with us as we travel.
The itinerary and audio guide are available immediately upon purchase, right on this webpage. You will also receive an email within 30 minutes with download links in case you need to revisit the links and download the items later. If you don’t receive your email, check your junk mail folder. If it’s not there, contact mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com and we’ll be in touch with you within 1 business day. Also, the guides will be available in your account, if you choose to establish one (we highly encourage it).
You need cell reception to download the audio guides. Once they are downloaded, no cell reception is needed.
Most people download the audio guides to their phone before they leave.
Just in case you are wondering, an average audio guide takes 150 MB of storage space.
Guides are automatically updated to the latest version when you create an account.
In addition to that, we also send an email notification out when a guide is updated. Just make sure to stay subscribed to our email list so we can reach you.
Because the download is a PDF file, you can do it on any device: computer, iPhone, Android, tablet, etc.
Stuff like this happens. We get it. When you purchase a guide, you have access to 18 months of free updates.
If you created an account, just log in again and download your guides.
If you didn’t create an account or forgot your password, just email us and we can resend your links.
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If you still need help, reach out to us at mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com We’ll get back to you as soon as possible to help. We’re even happy to jump on a phone call with you if needed.
This guide is meant to be used from May through October. Glacier is a completely different experience in the winter.
Yes!! We update our guides as needed, but write the concepts to intentionally be as timeless as possible. We encourage you to purchase the guide as soon as you know you will be traveling. It will help you determine which areas to stay and how many days to obtain lodging. Upon purchase, you’ll be guided to create an account on our website. If we update the guide, it will automatically show in your account for up to 18 months after purchase.
It is not required but is HIGHLY recommended. We encourage you to create an account when purchasing the guides because you’ll have access to the links at any time.
You will have access to the updated guide through your account (another reason to create an account) for up to 18 months. We generally send an email announcement when we do an update as well.
We put approximate price ranges on all our activities so you know what to expect. The good news is that most things in this guide are free once you pay for entrance into the national park!
Although Glacier offers many amazing hikes that we suggest in the guide, we offer plenty of alternatives if hiking is not desirable including viewpoints and drives.
When the audio guide is available, here’s what you’ll need:
If you need technical support, check out our help with downloads page. If you are still struggling, you can email us at mattandcheryl@wereintherockies.com
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We bought the Glacier package. We only had two days to spend there. We were able to prioritize what we could do in those two days. We had a wonderful time and money well spent.
We bought the Glacier National Park Guide. It was extremely helpful. We went with a small group of couples who were not avid hikers. The guide gave us a great itinerary to follow and we enjoyed each part of it. We loved all their recommendations.
My husband Dave will be turning 50 in August & Montana was his 50th state. We took three weeks June 16th-July 6th and hit Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Grand Teton National Park. We found your channel while we were researching the trip and purchased your guides and Audio tours. We enjoyed the history and stories as we listened and drove through the parks. The pdf files were so helpful in planning for each park and our days went smoothly. We adjusted as needed. We shared your channel and website with several people along the way. We had the most epic road trip from Texas to Montana and back home to the heat of Texas. We traveled 5,240 miles in 20 days! Thanks for what you do!
Dave and Stephanie Weinberg
San Angelo, Texas
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Matt and Cheryl’s itinerary for Glacier was invaluable! Glacier offers so much and the rangers are very helpful, but the hikes, activities, dining suggestions , how to get around, etc. saved us alot of “what do we do anxieties! We are hikers so we really looked at hiking recommendations, both easy and challenging and appreciated that options were given. We also made a point to take in the “must sees” such as the fabulous Many Glacier Hotel. We would not have driven to Waterton National Park if Matt wouldn’t have recommended it. Waterton is beautiful and although we did not indulge in afternoon tea at the Prince of Wales Hotel, we did hike up to the hotel and had a delightful lunch—even had some plant based options. Yea!! We enjoyed a wonderful view of Waterton Lake and a delightful waiter!
We loved the Matts option of taking the boat to cut off a few miles of Grinnell Glacier hike at Many Glacier and also ended up enjoying Grinnell lake hike. The suggestion of using the shuttle at St Mary’s and Apgar was excellent. Shuttle service was reliable, drivers were knowledgeable and parking lots were generally full— always full at Logan’s Pass. We even caved into the red bus tour (1/2 day) and enjoyed it.
We listened to the audios that Matt so beautifully narrates— a couple mod them twice . These audios provided great history regarding the park and some wonderful stories pertaining to the courageous people who had visions that made this all possible. I could go on and on, but this is my brief summary of why I purchased and have been thrilled with the various packages that have saved me a lot of stress in planning the trips. Getting ready to tackle Yellowstone now with Matt/Cheryl’s guide with me at all times .
Thank you Matt and Cheryl for all of your expertise!
I found your videos on youtube and ordered the guide for Glacier National Park. I changed my plan to a road trip based on information I learned. I also used your free black hills planner and added Theodore Roosevelt National Park on your recommendation. The itinerary was easy to modify for my needs. I used the guide for 4 days prior to my backcountry hiking trip. It was easy to rearrange the days based on boat trip availability etc. I was able to get all my bucket list day hikes done except Virginia falls. I’m sure I would have completed it if I had been able to stay on the east side of the park as recommended. I also highly recommend Waterton if you have a passport.
We love Matt and Cheryl! We watched a BUNCH of their YouTube videos and read over their Glacier Guide ahead of our vacation and it made a world of difference! There are so many details to keep in mind and, thanks to all of their tips and tricks, we didn’t waste any time wondering where to go, what to do, or what should we do next. The peace of mind that their guidance provided was invaluable! And a quick shout-out to Cheryl who even answered a question my wife had in an email in less than 5 minutes (!) that was a real game changer for finding affordable, convenient, and most important, AVAILABLE lodging!
The Glacier guide was an important resource for me since this park really requires quite a bit of planning. Includes all parts of the park. I love the must-sees and the parts that you can skip depending on the time that you have. I will be purchasing guides for all places that I plan to visit from now on.
In late June to July 3 my wife and I spent 5 days in Glacier Park . You were SPOT ON with everything in your Glacier package from the best places to see ,where to eat and your favorite must see places. We had a fantastic time. you even had the crowd correct the park population doubled on our last day July 3 . with your advice we started our vacation in June was totally beautiful . we want to go back and stay at Many Glacier for a few days thank you for all the effort you put into your Glacier Package Tom Baley