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Article in Hungry Horse News on Glacier Guides and Montana Raft celebrating 40 years in business.
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USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice
May 20th, 2022
Glacier Guides and Montana Raft Co placed 5th in USA Today’s
“10Best Readers’ Choice” for Best Rafting Tour Company in the US!

Winner of Best Whitewater Guide in Montana by Distinctly Montana!

Glacier Guides and Montana Raft was awarded Adventure Tour Company of the Year by Travel and Hospitality Awards.
This independent awards program is an annual celebration of excellence for the best hotels, spas, restaurants and tour operators.

Glacier Guides to Offer E-Bike Rentals on Sun Road in 2020

Decision comes after federal government moved to allow electric bikes in parks

BY JUSTIN FRANZ // DEC 27, 2019

GLACIER GUIDES CELEBRATES ITS 35TH SUMMER

June 14, 2017 at 8:22 am | By Chris Peterson

As cycling Going-to-the-Sun Road gains popularity, Glacier Guides offers first interpretive bike tours

BY JUSTIN FRANZ // MAY 30, 2017

POSTED BY RACHEL SUSSMAN
POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2017

Montana Ecostar Pollution Prevention Award Winners Recognized

September 18, 2015
MSU Extension Service

Our Guides

Thank you to Glacier Guides, and more specifically my guide Jeremy for making my 6 day backpacking trip through Glacier such an amazing experience. Jeremy was knowledgeable, patient, prepared, an excellent cook, and a pretty cool dude. Would definitely recommend Glacier Guides to anyone visiting Glacier NP.

— Samantha Lafferty
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Chalet Testimonial

Our family of 5 just returned from the 3 day chalet trip with Ryan and Eva and WOW! We’re still coming down from the amazing time we had! First of all, both these guides are just really cool people, super knowledgeable about the history and ecology of the park, and clearly enthusiastic about what they do. The Highline Trail was stunning, Ryan and Eva made sure everyone was comfortable with the pace and pointed out animals, berries, and interesting features when we came across them. After the hike in it was awesome to have a delicious, hot meal prepared FOR us (we felt very fortunate for our dinner after watching the rest of the guest eat freeze dried stuff). I’m so grateful for the gentle push to do the two day hikes we did while up that way; they were so worth the climb and our time at the top of the Swiftcurrent Fire Lookout is one of the absolute highlights of this trip. I want to make a special mention of how great both of these guides where with our children, my boys especially bonded with Ryan and they probably talked both his and Eva’s ears all the way off over the duration of the trip but they were so cool about it. Overall this trip was one we will never forget and always cherish and the fantastic guides and process with your company really made it that much more enjoyable. We hope to come back someday for more adventures!

— Tiphini Axtell
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Lodging Testimonial

We had a wonderful stay at the guest house-wish it could’ve been longer! The house was clean and comfortable. We even got to enjoy watching deer each evening from the front patio. It is a perfect house for multiple families, especially nice to have the whole downstairs for those with younger children. Great place!

— VRBO Review
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Our Guides

Our guide Scott did a great job prepping and leading the tour, which consisted of 6 guests (including myself). The description of the tour and FAQ/prep materials list and itinerary that the company sent over beforehand were very accurate and super helpful! Aside from a quick hail storm, we got great weather and an extremely enjoyable three days of hiking in East Glacier crossing the Continental Divide. Scott did an excellent job of explaining to us how the backcountry permitting system works and from that explanation I was amazed at the amount of work that each guide must put into every single tour. They are truly responsible for everything while you’re out, so having an experienced guide with the right temperament and attitude are a must—especially if things go wrong. I’m glad to say everything went as planned! I was able to spot several animals and some breathtaking scenery alongside good conversation within our group of former strangers. Great job, Scott and Glacier Guides!

— Ryan Gabbart
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Hiking Testimonial

I went on a six day hike with four guys and our guide, Maketa. It was amazing. We had a wide range of ages 35-70 and our guide was able to create the perfect trip for all of us. It is an unbelievable park and we were able to optimize our time there because of the expert planning from Maketa. Glacier Guides was helpful throughout the experience and I wouldn’t have had the same trip any other way. Definitely a FIVE STAR rating. Best trip of my life!

— Andrew Rocca
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