Hiking and Rafting Glacier National Park

Beautiful scenery, wildlife and wildflowers, and great participants.

Traveling with my daughter. The guides were wonderful. The historic lodges, beautiful hikes and spotting moose, long horned sheep, mountain goats and eagles.

The combination of the landscape, wildlife viewing, and people.

Guides were fantastic! Carrie, Ellie & Haly made the trip! Always felt safe, seen and relaxed because of them. Would have liked more representation from Indigenous voices on our trip, for example doing a Blackfeet led tour or guided hike one day, visiting first-nations owned businesses for souvenirs, or staying at an accommodation that directly benefits the Blackfeet or Flathead nations. Our guides did a lot to integrate indigenous stories into our learning but I would have liked more and had some of my trip funds directly benefit the original stewards of the land.

I have wanted to see Glacier for a long time. Hiking was the way to do it. Our trip leader, Carrie was great- low key and competent. Really great group of women. Wonderful young Glacier Guides who were so knowledgeable about the park and from Montana.

Great group of women and beautiful scenery The Glacier guides Eva and Mackenzie were fantastic! Such special young women who you can tell love their job.

Loved the hikes and the guides from Glacier guides. They provided lunches every day which made it special.

The spectacular scenery, staying at the iconic lodges, the awesome hikes, the thrilling white water rafting experience, the great guides and wonderful ladies! Overall, an amazing and most memorable adventure!! Thank you to all!!

Loved hiking to the glaciers, and seeing the large moose! The food was overall excellent too! All of our guides were fantastic

The excellent coordination of our lodging and food arrangements by our AGC guide, Laurie Pavlik and the wonderful, informative Glacier Guides, Eva and Gabby.

The Glacier Guides were exceptional.

Place, people

Glacier NP is breathtaking beautiful. The guides were knowledgeable, helpful and friendly. I knew immediately that we were in good hands. The accommodations were perfect for this type of trip. The lodges were comfortable and convenient to the activities. The AGC guide Kaitlyn was wonderful and a lot of fun. Kaitlyn made herself available and was always out ahead anticipating our needs.

The location is a 5 all by itself but we also had the combination of great weather, great guides and lucky encounters with wildlife which all contributed to the awesome experience.

I would have given this trip an excellent rating except for the fact that the trip was basically a private group trip. Ten of the people came together, the remaining three of us consisted of 2 people who came together and then myself, the 13th person. While the group of people were nice and friendly, they were all connected and had shared experiences. This made me feel somewhat like an outsider. It would have been nice if you had contacted me and ask if I was okay with this or would like to book another trip.

The place and the wonderful guides. I didn’t have to plan or be in “the know” and I learned so much!

The ease of travel, the quality and guidance from the guides and the great women. And of course, Glacier Nat'l park is a very special place.

The location, the weather, the guides, the NP lodges, the organization of the trip

The hiking was fabulous, thanks in large part to the guides who worked diligently to make sure that we hiked certain trails on certain days to maximize the views and avoid any weather issues. We also learned a lot about the national park as well as all the wildlife and plants in the area. We even got to experience some wildlife up close, very close! Truly fascinating and very exciting.

I wasn't sure what to expect as this was my first trip with a group. But it turned out to be a delight. The trip was beautifully planned and organized and staying at the historic lodges was exactly how I wanted to experience the park. The itinerary allowed me to see much more of Glacier then I ever would have on my own. And the park itself was just stunning.

The trails we hiked, seeing the wildlife, and, the opportunity to be flexible (i.e., length of hike or even taking a day off) made the trip excel. I wanted a trip in which I had the opportunity to experience Glacier but also not have to do the planning so that I could really immerse myself. That was fully met. Karen was an excellent guide. She was supportive of all of us and very open when someone chose a different option (e.g., I decided to stay at the lodge one day).

Glacier National Park exceeded my expectations. Loved the itinerary and staying in Natl Park lodges. Great hikes despite crowds. Loved trip to International Peace Park even tho we couldn’t get off boat in US. Rafting last day great end to trip.

staying at the lodges fabulous scenery wildflowers good company great Glacier guides

Everything was taken care of, I didn’t have to worry about a thing except to get up for breakfast in time

This was my first solo group travel experience so I didn't know what to expect going in, but I will have to say it exceeded all my expectations.Everything about this trip was wonderful! Our AGC guide Karen was excellent. She was very nice and easy to talk to. The Glacier Guides were very knowledgeable and supportive. The park itself was stunning, more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. It was fun to stay in the park lodges and hear about their history. The food was good too! Just an amazing trip overall! I hope to travel with AGC in the future!!!

The hiking was awesome and what I was looking for.

The glaciers and scenery.

Glacier was a park I always wanted to see - on some levels, it did not deliver to my expectations as far as other parks I've enjoyed hiking more. Most of the hikes were down in deep vegetation, and that's not my preferred. These were the fastest hiking pace I've ever hiked with on an AGC group and some hikes such as a 3.5 mile nonstop hike, fast, to just see a waterfall, seemed not worth the trek - some hikes felt like forced marches with no time to even stop and look around. Iceberg Lake was my favorite hike for certain as it had a payoff for a 10 mile round trip. Although I've been on other 3-4 rated trips I've never felt so rushed down trails. Some of the hikes for the effort had not a great payoff at the end.

Loved hiking to the Glacier. The accommodations were amazing and the locations were breathe taking.

I loved the views, the lodges and the hiking

Glacier was beautiful-loved the hike to Grinnell glacier. I probably could have skipped the day trip to Canada

Particular highlights were the beautiful hikes in Glacier National Park, being out in nature, meeting and getting to know some really great women and the level of enthusiasm, thoughtfulness, professionalism and organization of all of the guides (Marian, Bree and Andrea). The trip was beautifully planned and organized. I think the only reason I didn't rate it a 5 was simply because I would have enjoyed a slightly faster walking pace on the hikes, but I completely understand that the guides had to walk at a pace that was appropriate for the average level of this particular group of women.

Meeting Marian!! Seeing past participants (Beth from Grand Canyon, Maine

Glacier itself, the women in our group, the guides, all of it 🙂

It's hard for me to come up with the highlights, as I felt so grateful to be on this trip. Everything was amazing- the landscape, the wildlife, the people, the guides, the lodging. All of it combined to be one giant highlight.

The hiking through the National Park was excellent! The guides, both AGC and the Glacier Guides, were simply amazing. We were very lucky to see lots of wildlife, always a highlight for me. The stunning landscape of these mountains, lakes, rivers and glaciers is of course better experienced in person....truly wonderful! Being able to order off the menu for dinner at the lodges was rather unexpected, so I felt rather pampered, actually. Food was plentiful and delicious, especially the great lunches provided by the guides. The rafting day was also lots of fun, a nice new experience for a novice white water rafter like myself.

Staying in the park lodges, the gorgeous scenery and seeing moose and bear

The tone set by Kim was inclusive and one of ease. Katie and Jen came on a bit strong the first day but were attuned enough to dial it down and were wonderful in providing info and so in service to our needs. I loved the hiking and rafting. I would like to have skipped crowded Highline trail and hiked a more remote trail. Upper grinell trail was my favorite hike

The scenery was spectacular, and the lodges were very nice/comfortable. The hikes were decently crowded, I definitely would have been wiling to start a bit earlier to beat the crowds and heat.

Really enjoyed my first attempt at rafting!

The location was better than I imagined - Glacier National Park is stunning. The two local guides (Jen and Katie) were very impressive. At first I found Jen a bit annoying because she talked too much and, in some moments, disturbed the peacefulness and serenity of the setting. However, in the end, I realized she was more positive than both Katie and Kim in encouraging every women to opt for the longer hike option to Grinnell Glacier if they wanted to get to the top. Also, Jen was extremely expert in rowing the boat down the river and made it a more exciting experience given how low the water was.