An old friend smiles. The Many Glacier Valley is awake.
My first trip of the MGV in mid-May is one of my favorite moments of the entire year. Very few people. The mountains are familiar, and feel rested and content. Let the crowds begin!
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Hotel Sofia. Onboarding 2026. Never Again. I’m better than this.
Why do I keep banging my head on the wall with pre-season onboarding housing? Maybe I’m just getting older. But after that whole toilet plunger hanging from a bathroom mirror sconce, I’m done with it.
Go East, young man. At least in Glacier pre-season.
Glacier Park is more than just West vs East. The northwest corner is amazingly rugged and wild. The wilderness of the Nyak is one of the loneliest places in the world. But driving up the St Mary Valley for the first time in spring always puts a smile on my face.
Plünger Scønce: tribute to a German-Danish punk band. Onboarding in 2026.
Accommodations for seasonal employees at Glacier are really hit-or-miss. The verdict is still out on this one, but not for long. Who knows what I’ll find after a week?
Glacier 2025 – What I learned. So much. So little.
Time for the annual rundown. What did GoatBoy really learn? You would be amazed. Here is just a peek. As long as you keep that childlike curiosity of the world, it will never disappoint you!
Smoky Waters. Bleached Timbers. Moose Bone. High school bands, or my last kayak?
I could not have asked for a better final kayak for the season. Even though St Mary had dropped a lot, I still got to explore and find new things. Peace was in every movement of the padd
The Reds of Beargrass! The stable was full this summer.
I always have to do a post of the Reds. If not for them I wouldn’t be such a frequent visitor (and seasonal worker) in the Park. Plus there is such a weird almost cult following that they seem to command.
Rainbow without Rain? Today, the sun is on the inside!
I lived in the coastal PNW for twenty years. You can really do anything in the rain. Just a matter of the right gear, a good attitude, and really tight seams on your clothing and dry bag!
Wind – the cruel mistress. It’s a long way home.
This one beat me up. I expected the wind to always rise from the West. But this trip it comes out of the East, being pushed across the Great Plains by a thunderstorm. That makes for a very long afternoon.
Winnebagos, weddings, and whitecaps. Glacier has more than mountains!
Glacier has it all. Kind of a catch-all post with just a snippet of the really weird things you see in Glacier Park on a daily basis. You don’t have to be a Red Bus driver, you just need to look around.
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