5 Day Glacier Challenge Trip

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This trip is for strong hikers wanting to experience the very best hikes in Glacier. We call this trip “Glacier’s Greatest Hits!” All of these hikes are challenging and meant for advanced hikers. The mileage for each hike ranges from 12 to 19 miles, with shorter options of about 7 to 10 miles available. This trip is geared toward full days of hiking, travel...
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

    • Enjoy driving Glacier’s historic Going-to-the-Sun Road to Logan Pass
    • This fabulous hike is about 14.3 miles long
    • Explore the Canadian part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

What's this trip about?

    This trip is for strong hikers wanting to experience the very best hikes in Glacier. We call this trip “Glacier’s Greatest Hits!” All of these hikes are challenging and meant for advanced hikers. The mileage for each hike ranges from 12 to 19 miles, with shorter options of about 7 to 10 miles available. This trip is geared toward full days of hiking, traveling over stunning mountain passes, and along the Continental Divide.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age range13 years and up
Flights and transportN/A
Start CityWest Glacier
End CityWest Glacier

Travel Themes

  • Hiking & Walking
  • National Parks
  • Nature & Wildlife

Destinations

  • North America
  • Canada
  • United States

Attractions

  • Alberta
  • Glacier National Park
  • Montana

Activities

  • Cooking
  • Hiking
  • Horseback riding & Equestrian
  • Nature

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Itinerary

Day 1: Logan Pass to St. Mary Valley, via the iconic Highline Trail

Meet at our office just outside of West Glacier at 7:30 AM. You’ll meet your guide and go over your gear. Then, enjoy driving Glacier’s historic Going-to-the-Sun Road to Logan Pass. Surrounded by glacially carved peaks, hike the Highline Trail to Granite Park Chalet a...

Day 2: St. Mary Valley and Many Glacier Valley, via Piegan Pass

After a cup of steaming, organic coffee or tea, and a hearty breakfast, we’ll drive a short distance back along the Going to the Sun Road to the Siyeh Bend trailhead. From there, we’ll hike to Piegan Pass and then down to the Many Glacier Hotel. This fabulous hike is ...

Day 3: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada — Rest Day!

After breakfast, we head north to explore the Canadian part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Today’s activities are on your own. You can rent a surrey bicycle or moped, take a boat ride across Waterton Lake, go horseback riding, play a game of golf, do so...

Day 4: Many Glacier Valley, via Iceberg Lake

Today, we return to the United States to explore more of the exquisite Many Glacier Valley. We’ll hike to Iceberg Lake, a trail known for its abundance of wildlife and wildflowers, and of course, its turquoise, iceberg studded lake, tucked into a glacial cirque. The h...

Day 5: Two Medicine Area, via Dawson-Pitamakin

If you’ve read much about the best hikes in Glacier, then you’ve definitely heard about Pitamakin Pass and Dawson Pass, commonly called Dawson-Pitamakin. Today’s hike will traverse the Continental Divide between these two incredibly beautiful alpine passes. This is a ...

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Dates & Availability

Price From $1,605
Price per day$321
Last Updated: 2/23/2024

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Glacier Guides and Montana Raft’s mission is to provide exceptional active travel vacations and experiences in and around Glacier National Park, while preserving and protecting Glacier’s unique ecosystem using the best available, ecologically-sound practices.

We founded Glacier Guides in 1983 to provide ecologically sensitive backcountry guiding and interpretation in Glacier National Park. Back then, there were just three of us! Four years later we added rafting on our Wild and Scenic rivers. Hence: Glacier Guides and Montana Raft.

Rafting led us into fishing, and then we obtained a permit to guide on the Smith River, too. In 2010 we built Glacier Guides Lodge to give our guests an eco-friendly lodging option in West Glacier. Glacier Guides Guest House came along a few years later. Our newest move is guiding bike and e-bike tours of Glacier when the roads are closed to vehicle traffic. We thrive on change!

Today, with more than ninety guides and support workers on staff, we provide Glacier’s most comprehensive, ecologically sensitive raftinghikingfishing, and biking services. Some of us speak Spanish, French, and German! We also excel at having a great time together, and sharing that with others.


At Glacier Guides and Montana Raft, we owe our success to our amazing staff. We’re not just a company, we’re friends. Many of our guides are students or teachers in the off-season, balancing their schedules with the summer season here in West Glacier. Others ski, hike, fish, raft or bike professionally in other parts of the country.  All are dedicated outdoors people who hone their skills constantly, sharing hard won insights with our guests and teaching them how to #ProtectGlacier. You can meet our guides here.

We love what we do, and we do it for you. Experience Glacier National Park’s rivers, roads, and trails with us.

Family owned and operated by Denny Gignoux, Whitefish, and Mark O’Keefe, Helena.

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