Best time to go
Permit offices use seasonal schedules, so check that the Apgar location is open before you head over. If it isn’t, the park allows visitors to use any other open permit office for a walk-up request or reservation pickup.
Overview
About Apgar Wilderness Permit Center
Why stop
- Permit staff often help with alternate itineraries and trail-condition questions.
Heads up
- Walk-up availability can require an early start and a flexible route.
Map
Where it is
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Before you go
Best time to go
Getting a permit
1 active Glacier alert
- ClosureTwo Medicine Campground closed for 2026 constructionTwo Medicine Campground is closed throughout 2026 because of construction in the Two Medicine developed area.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
Your drive to Apgar Wilderness Permit Center, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Glacier National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Apgar Village0:00 / 0:33
“You’re coming up on Apgar Village, a handy place to combine Lake McDonald’s shoreline with a meal or a break. Walk to the public beach for the lake and mountain view, or rent a boat if you want more time on the water.”
Plays as you drive up to Apgar Wilderness Permit Center in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Apgar Visitor Center
- A Forest Growing on a Fallen Tree
- How Ice Sharpens a Skyline
- Fish Creek Picnic Area and Campground
- 204 audio storiesacross Glacier’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Wolverine, Mountain Goat, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 157 trails, 91 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Our first time to glacier and we used the audio portion for Going to the Sun Road. Wonderful information with perfect advice of what to see and do along the road.”
Guide
More about Apgar Wilderness Permit Center
What this stop isApgar Wilderness Permit Center is Glacier’s backcountry permit office in Apgar Village.
Apgar Wilderness Permit Center is Glacier’s backcountry permit office in Apgar Village. It handles walk-up permit requests and pickup for trips booked ahead, so it’s a useful stop if you’re going overnight into the backcountry. The Apgar Visitor Center is separate.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Glacier
404 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
11 sightingsWolverineMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
1,173 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
1,000 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
395 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
506 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Glacier. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
