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Backcountry Permits! - April 20, 2006


Glacier National Park remains popular among backpackers wishing to explore the park's wild interior. Between April 1st and April 15th, approximately 700 backcountry permit applications were mailed or faxed in, about 100 less than last year. Backcountry Rangers are working very hard to process the piles of applications, and patient applicants will hear word of the status of their applications as soon as they are processed.

Photo by David Restivo, NPS


As of 3:10 p.m. today, about 200 applications have been processed since Monday, April 17th.

Photo by David Restivo, NPS


Backcountry Ranger Brian McKeon said the campgrounds most heavily applied for this year are, Granite Park, Fifty Mountain, Stoney Indian Lake, Elizabeth lake FT, Hole in the Wall, Boulder Pass, and Oldman Lake.

Photo by David Restivo, NPS
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