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Best Guidebook for Glacier National Park

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Jeff Krissek · · Havre, MT · Joined Apr 2020 · Points: 0

What are some of the better guidebooks for Glacier NP??   Looking for climbing guides more than mountaineering/summitting/peak bagger stuff.

Dallin Carey · · Missoula · Joined Aug 2014 · Points: 222

The closest thing to what you're looking for will be "A Climber's Guide to Glacier National Park" by J. Gordon Edwards. Unfortunately it is mostly mountaineering/summitting/peak bagger stuff. Honestly the rock quality in the park really sucks and there is not a whole lot of technical rock climbing. Look up David Steele and Jason Mills. They have put up a few routes in the park over the last few years. In the winter the park is a mecca for ice. Big Sky Ice has a handful of the park's routes. Beyond that start combing through previous AAJs. Past those avenues, word of mouth is the best resource. 

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