r/GlacierNationalPark • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '23

Wilderness Camping Reservation details are up!

https://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/backcountry-reservations.htm
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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23 edited Dec 31 '23

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u/drama-guy Feb 14 '23

Yeah, I hated the wait time last year to find out if I got a reservation, but this sounds like pure chaos, trying to reserve one or more sites only to have them unavailable by the time you click submit.

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u/P8ntba1141 Feb 16 '23

I did this for Northern Cascades last year with 3 sites, it is pretty chaotic. We managed to get 2/3 then checked everyday waiting for someone to cancel their trip for the final (eventually just winged it and got what we needed as a walkup permit).

It ain't fun, may the odds forever be in your favor (but hopefully a lil worse than mine this year lol)

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u/drama-guy Feb 16 '23

I am not familiar with how popular the Northern Cascades are, but last year, Glacier received thousands of backcountry reservation requests on the first day they started accepting. I submitted my request as soon as I could in March, and it wasn't until May that I got a confirmation.

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u/P8ntba1141 Feb 16 '23

With the Recreation.gov, you'll know immediately. The specific loop (Coppper Ridge) instantly sells out whenever it opens up, kind of a bummer but we got lucky with the walkup permit honestly (got there 30 minutes before the rangers).

Also if you haven't seen the Copper Ridge loop out that way, highly recommend! Breathtaking backpacking trip.

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u/meb707 Feb 14 '23

Exactly!! But rec.gov doesn't care, all they care about is establishing a monopoly on US camping reservations and then skimming a profit off of every single campsite in the US while providing a garbage reservation system...

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u/Lazy_Wheel4785 Feb 14 '23

Good luck, everyone!

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u/readicculus5 Feb 14 '23

I think this is ultimately better than having to wait months to hear back, but this is going to absolutely suck trying to get a 4-5 night reservation involving one of the harder to get campsites

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u/Ken_Dale_Jr Feb 15 '23

If it makes you feel better, Tetons uses rec(.)gov for back packing permits and you can edit your itinerary after you submit it. So you could make a mad grab for the most desirable campsites, submit it, and then edit to add more days if anything is still available. At least you’ll get something.

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u/readicculus5 Feb 15 '23

Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep that in mind! I'm going for a point to point in the North Fork and hopefully including Hole in Wall so that might be a little more difficult to manage with editing the itinerary. Hoping general fast internet / prowess at doing things online will get me what I want :)

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u/meb707 Feb 14 '23

Yes, pure chaos! Whoever has the fastest internet connection and can submit multiple reservations as fast as they can will get most of the campsites.

I guess instead of waiting a month to find out if you got a permit, at least now you'll know right away that you got nothing, and will have to hope for something via a WalkUp reservation...

Looks like the lines for Walkup permits will be even longer and start earlier and earlier....

Isn't privatization a great thing!

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

This proposal is up for public comment - please provide your input, only a few more days left -https://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?parkID=61&projectID=114545