I have been struggling with writing this post. The whole time we were in Glacier, for eleven days, I pondered about what to say about Glacier National Park. Several people I know, friends and family, who have visited this park say it’s their favorite.
I can imagine that during the summer the scenery must be stunning. However, for our trip, I guess we had just too much weather. Just about every other morning was cloudy, most days would break, but not for very long. A lot of evenings were cloudy as well.
When you do a lot of sunrise photography, it is a real bummer. We kept going out the morning after morning. The days when the weather was wet, rainy, and windy we visited the far corners of the park including Two Medicine and Many Glaciers.
I will say Glacier National Park has the clearest water I’ve ever seen. River, lake, stream, everywhere we went, the water was pristine.
When the weather in the later morning/early afternoon was better we did hikes. But the fog and the mist meant viability of just a few feet in front of you and no real opportunity for photos.
Andi on the Hidden Lake Trail above Logan’s Pass.
Glacier is one of the best parks for star photography, but not when there is cloud cover and we attempted several nights before getting a break one night. It wasn’t great for Milky Way because the moon was too bright, but we could see the potential for some really awesome shots. We didn’t get any. (This time.)
But every trip up to Logan’s Pass was 90 minutes long, following people who really don’t know how to drive in the mountains, and that got tiring after six or seven days.
All this to say, I think we will have to come back, maybe a different time of year to really appreciate why people love it so much.
Despite everything, Mr. Misadventures took some gorgeous shots, most I can’t share here because when I reduce the panoramics in width, they become too small to see.
How about you? Have you been to Glacier National Park? What was your favorite thing about the park?
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Melissa
Saturday 3rd of April 2021
I get it - my first trip to Glacier was disappointing due to the weather. We went the last weekend in August a few years ago and all we had was rain, sleet and snow for our 4 days in the park. I returned last summer in better weather and had a better experience! Hopefully you can return at some point because its beautiful when the weather cooperates!
Farrah
Saturday 22nd of August 2020
From pictures it's always looked beautiful but when the weather doesn't cooperate, that definitely makes it rough. :[ I hope you get to go back sometime to experience it on clear days! (Fingers crossed that I'll get good weather when I someday go too! *-*)
Rori
Saturday 18th of July 2020
nice photos despite the gloomy weather! which month were you there? was it March or April?
Andi Fisher
Sunday 19th of July 2020
@Rori, September actually!
Jean Fowler
Tuesday 3rd of October 2017
I haven’t visited Glacier National Park, but hope to get there soon. With the onset of global warming, no doubt that it’s changing.
kathy downey
Sunday 13th of August 2017
WOW,bad weather or not you nailed it on the photos ...so much beauty!