Glacier National Park - Hiker Forum Board

The hikers in the park are the people who report on this board. This is not a government sponsored site. If you are a hiker and just made a hike then please help by updating the trail board with your hiking experiences and with the latest hiking conditions at Glacier. You can even upload your own trail pictures. Every trail featured in the Glacier hiking forum board is colored in on the map below. Blue trails are lower in elevation and snow melts away faster on these trails. Many of the lower elevation trails are generally open by May. Red trails are higher elevation trails which can be clogged with snow well into July. To see the details of any particular trail on the Glacier hiking forum board simply click on the appropriate area in the map.

Iceberg Lake - As many postcards get sold featuring Iceberg Lake as any other Glacier NP symbol. The 5 mile trail leading to the beautiful lake is extremely popular. There are lots of bears early in the morning and they tend to stick near the trails so keep alert. The bergs in the lake are the after effect of the winter ice breaking apart each summer. This typically happens in July and the bergs can stick around for some time after that. For a more interesting view of the bergs in the lake then scramble up the hillside along the east flanks of the lake.

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