Campground · Glacier National Park
A quiet, tent-focused base with east-side mountain views.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
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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Cut Bank Trailhead and Campground“You're approaching Cut Bank Trailhead and Campground, a small base for a long day in the creek valley.”
Plays as you drive up to Cut Bank Campground in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
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“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.”
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Cut Bank Campground is a 14-site, tent-focused campground on Glacier’s east side. It sits in a forest, with meadows nearby and rocky mountain views often visible. The small, quieter setting suits campers who want a simple night away from the park’s larger campground hubs.
The approach is a five-mile dirt road from US 89, and RVs aren’t recommended because of the road and campground layout. Sites are first-come, first-served. There’s no potable water, store, shower or cell service; bring drinking water and download and sign in to Recreation.gov before you arrive if you plan to use Scan & Pay. Seasonal vault toilets are provided.
Wildlife
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.
Keep exploring
ModerateMedicine Grizzly Lake Trail12.9 mi · 7.5 hr · At the trailheadA long creekside walk to a lake beneath the Continental Divide.
ChallengingTriple Divide Pass Trail14.4 mi · 8 hr · At the trailheadA long climb to a saddle beneath a famously divided peak.
ModerateMorning Star Lake Trail13.2 mi · 8 hr · At the trailheadA flower meadow leads to a lake beneath towering cliffs.
ChallengingMad Wolf Boundary Trail4.2 mi · 4.5 hr · At the trailheadA creek ford and steep climb lead to alpine meadows.
ModerateMilk River Ridge Boundary Trail1.9 mi · 1.3 hr · 0.4 mi awayA short climb along a remnant of the old east boundary.Parkwolf’s Glacier ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
