Best time to go
Permit offices keep seasonal hours, so check the park’s current schedule before going out of your way. Leave time for a permit visit rather than arriving near closing.
Overview
About Many Glacier Ranger Station
Why stop
- Rangers can help with route choices, permits, and itinerary changes.
Map
Where it is
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Before you go
Best time to go
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 Many Glacier Ranger Station, 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.
See the Glacier audio tourRecorded for this place
Swiftcurrent and Redrock Falls0:00 / 0:37
“You’re approaching the Swiftcurrent Motor Inn area, a useful stop for a meal or a gentler Many Glacier walk.”
Plays as you drive up to Many Glacier Ranger Station in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Grinnell Glacier Trailhead
- Iceberg Lake Trailhead
- Many Glacier Hotel
- Swiftcurrent Falls
- 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 Many Glacier Ranger Station
Get help with a backcountry planMany Glacier Ranger Station is a National Park Service ranger facility in the Swiftcurrent area.
Many Glacier Ranger Station is a National Park Service ranger facility in the Swiftcurrent area. It’s a useful stop if you’re planning an overnight backcountry trip: rangers can issue walk-up wilderness permits, hand over permits booked in advance, and help change an itinerary. If you’re only sightseeing around Many Glacier, you don’t need to make a special stop here.
Ask about the routeVisitors often praise the rangers for help with trail choices, trip planning, weather and park…
Visitors often praise the rangers for help with trail choices, trip planning, weather and park history. Bring the question you need answered, whether you’re comparing hikes or sorting out a backcountry itinerary.
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.
