Glacier is fairly difficult to visit. There are only so many rooms available within the park, and the season is only 4 or 5 months long. This means you have to plan at least a year in advance, but it is worth all of your preparation. My trip in September of 2018 was in jeopardy as a fire closed much of the park for most of the summer. The weather did not cooperate entirely as rain, snow and extended cloud cover hampered some of my plans, but I was fortunate to experience these sights first hand and I look forward to returning.
While this is a spectacular place, expect on lots of driving as the Go to The Sun Road winds through the park for over 50 miles with several treacherous drop-offs and panoramic turn-outs.
Apgar is a town at the south end of Lake McDonald and the Inn at Apgar is a simple motel right on the lake, a spectacular place where your porch looks across the lake onto the mountains in the horizon (pic one below).
Many Glacier Lodge is fairly remote but it offers one of the most unique destinations I have witnessed. The lodge resembles a Swiss Chalet and it brings you up close and personal with spectacular mountains. Put this one on your list sooner rather than later as the season is short and the glaciers are receding.
