Glacier National Park Many Glacier Day Hiker Shuttle Tickets
Glacier National Park Many Glacier Hiker Shuttle Tickets
The Day Hiker Shuttle provides round trip service from one of nine designated parking pull-outs marked as shuttle parking and pick-up locations along the Many Glacier Road between Sherburne Dam and the Many Glacier Entrance Station and the Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park.
To ride the Day Hiker Shuttle, tickets are required. All passengers, regardless of age, must have their own ticket.
Day Hiker Shuttle Tickets are only available on Recreation.gov.
One (1) person can purchase up to 4 Day Hiker Shuttle Tickets per $2.00 reservation fee. You can make up to two (2) reservations per transaction per day for a total of 8 tickets per email account.
If there are more than 4 people in your party, the same person can purchase another $2.00 reservation with an additional 4 hiker shuttle tickets in the same transaction and email account for a total of 8 tickets.
During check out, select date, time and indicate the number of people in your group.
Tickets are limited.
A valid park entrance fee or park pass is required to enter the park.
Need to Know
- Booking
Each person accessing Many Glacier will be required to purchase a Many Glacier Day Hiker Shuttle ticket. When booking your Day Hiker Shuttle ticket, please be aware that all members of your party, regardless of age, need a ticket to ride the Day Hiker Shuttle. One (1) person may purchase up to 4 tickets per $2.00 reservation. If there are more than 4 people in your party, the same person can purchase another $2.00 reservation with an additional 4 hiker shuttle tickets in the same transaction and email account for a total of 8 tickets.
- Private Vehicle Access
Shuttle buses will comply with federal accessibility standards; however, most shuttle stops east of the entrance station do not meet these standards. Visitors with mobility disabilities holding a Many Glacier Day Hiker Shuttle ticket can park in one of two accessible parking spaces near the accessible restroom on the Many Glacier entrance road and board the shuttle or self-transport into the valley. To self-transport, they must present their shuttle ticket along with an accessible placard or an “America the Beautiful – Access Pass” to the entrance staff. Parking availability inside Many Glacier is not guaranteed.
- Park Pass
All passengers riding the Hiker Shuttle will need two things: a Hiker Shuttle Ticket and a valid park entrance pass. Entrance passes should be purchased on Recreation.gov before arrival. If you, or someone in your group, already has an America The Beautiful Interagency Annual, Senior, Access, Military, Veterans, 4th Grade, or Volunteer Pass, this pass will cover your park entrance fee. A valid park entry pass is also required for each party boarding the shuttle. These passes could include any of the following: a $35 vehicle entrance pass, good for seven days; a valid Interagency Annual/Lifetime Pass; or a Glacier National Park Annual Pass. Shuttles will stop near the Many Glacier Entrance station where park entry passes will be validated prior to entry.
- Hiker Shuttle Schedule
Daily Hiker Shuttle Service is available July 1 - September 21, 2025.
- Hiker Shuttle Route Schedule
Hiker Shuttle Tickets are timed, permitting boardings during a 1-hour window. Timed boarding windows are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m., 8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., 9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m., and 10:00 a.m., to 10:59 a.m. Riders are expected to arrive during their scheduled boarding window.
Shuttle service will begin at 7:00 a.m., with the first pick up being at the parking pull-out nearest to Sherburne Dam. Shuttles will operate on a 20-minute headway. Riders must wait at a designated shuttle parking and pick-up location to board the shuttle.
Shuttle service will operate from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and again from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A ticket is required for inbound shuttle service. A ticket is not required for outbound shuttle service, and visitors may choose to board a departing shuttle at any time when service is available.
Please remember, the last bus departs from the Many Glacier Hotel at 8:00 p.m. Do not be late! There are no other public transportation services available to return from the Many Glacier Hotel to your parked vehicle after 8:00 p.m.
- Booking Windows
Day Hiker Shuttle tickets will be available seven days in advance each morning at 8 a.m., starting on June 24, and at 7 p.m. the night before entry, starting on June 30. During both booking windows, Day Hiker Shuttle tickets are released on a first-come, first-served basis only on Recreation.gov.
- Shuttle Ticket Rules
Shuttle tickets will be scanned when hikers board the shuttles.
Hikers without a shuttle ticket will not be permitted to ride the shuttle.
Parking areas along the Many Glacier Road will be reserved for ticketed day hiker shuttle riders only, and parking will only be allowed at designated parking locations. Only one shuttle ticket is required per vehicle and will admit all members of the party included in the vehicle.
No overnight parking will be permitted in the parking areas for ticketed shuttle riders.
Parking spaces cannot accommodate vehicles over 21 feet or vehicles with trailers.
- Day Hiker Shuttle Ticket Information for Many Glacier Valley
To use the Day Hiker Shuttle service, hikers will need to obtain a day hiker shuttle ticket from Recreation.gov for their party to board the shuttle. One (1) person may purchase up to 4 tickets per $2.00 reservation. If there are more than 4 people in your party, the same person can purchase another $2.00 reservation with an additional 4 hiker shuttle tickets in the same transaction and email account for a total of 8 tickets. Hikers with a Day Hiker Shuttle ticket will park at one of the nine designated pull-outs for shuttle users to park their vehicles, along the Many Glacier Road. Hikers will board the shuttle from their parking location for a 15-30 minute ride to Many Glacier Hotel. The shuttle will pick riders up from each parking spot in the morning and then drop riders off at each parking spot in the afternoon.
As a reminder, a day hiker shuttle ticket is not needed for the outbound shuttle service, only for the inbound service.
- Roads & Construction
Due to extremely limited parking during construction in the Swiftcurrent area, the park will restrict personal vehicle access into Many Glacier and provide a temporary day hiker shuttle service for hikers to access Many Glacier and Swiftcurrent from July 1, 2025 to September 21, 2025. Construction began in the fall of 2024 and will continue through mid-May 2026. The project will replace the water system at the Swiftcurrent developed area. Most of the infrastructure providing water to the area was originally installed in the 1960s. The project will also rehabilitate the road, including pavement and drainage improvements, between the Many Glacier Hotel intersection and the Swiftcurrent developed area, and address parking concerns and pedestrian safety. The construction area is closed to vehicles, bikes, and foot traffic. As a result of the construction, about half of the parking in the Many Glacier Valley will not be available.
There will be no general public entrance into Many Glacier between July 1 and September 21, 2025, without a day hiker shuttle ticket, wilderness permit, commercial service reservation, or lodging reservation. A gate will be in use at the fee booth to restrict overnight access and limit parking in the valley to reservation holders.
The only parking available during the closure will be at the Many Glacier Hotel, and will be set aside for visitors with lodging, horseback riding and boating reservations between July 1 and September 21, 2025.
- Hiking during construction at Many Glacier Valley
Access to all trails will begin at the Many Glacier Hotel parking lot. Maps and signs will indicate detours around the construction zone. Hikers should be aware that detours may add up to an extra mile each way to hiking distances.
Visitors without a shuttle ticket, or commercial service or lodging reservation, are encouraged not to drive into the valley past Babb, there will be no parking and additional traffic will create congestion and dust. With no available general parking, hiking and biking will not be allowed on the Many Glacier Road between July 1 and September 21.
Pursuant to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, tribal members will have access to enter Many Glacier Valley during all hours when the entrance station is staffed.
- Service Reservations
Visitors to Many Glacier with a valid commercial service, backcountry wilderness permit, or lodging reservation do not require a shuttle reservation to enter and may enter in their private vehicle. For more information on entrance procedures during the Swiftcurrent Construction Project, visit the Road Construction and Infrastructure Project Work page.
- Cell Reception
Cell service is unreliable or unavailable in and around the park. Please have a printed copy, downloaded digital copy, or screenshot of your shuttle reservation ready prior to your arrival.
