Photo: NPS Photo, S. Rainone

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Exit Glacier Campground

12 sites · Free · First come, first served · No RVs

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About Exit Glacier

Exit Glacier has a 12-site, walk-in, tent-campground. Sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. There are no reservations or camping fees. There is a fourteen-day stay limit. The campground frequently fills by early evening in July and August. A central food storage, cooking and dining shelter is provided. Cooking and/or storing food in campsites is prohibited. There is a pump for drinking water and pit toilets are available. Pets are not permitted in campsites.

Photos

Tent in a campsite clearing
Each site has room for two tents and up to 8 people. · NPS Photo / Justin Olson
campground covered cook shelter with picnic tables.
The cook shelter provides a covered place to prepare and eat, as well as secure storage, for all food. · NPS Photo / Ann Whitmore-Painter
cook shelter with picnic tables and food storage closet.
The cook shelter provides a covered place to prepare and eat, as well as secure storage for all food. · NPS Photo / Justin Olson
vault toilet in parking lot.
There is a ADA accessible vault toilet in the campground parking lot. · NPS Photo / Ann Whitmore-Painter
sign post showing path to site #1, ADA accessible, and No food, fires or pets.
Sites #1 and #12 are both ADA accessible sites, with wide paths and space for tents. · NPS Photo / Justin Olson

Campsites

Site-by-site details (sizes, hookups, shade) for this campground are coming soon.

Conditions at camp

🌤️ Forecast

Rain
Wed, Nov 11
Tonight
32°F
Rain
Chance Rain And Snow Showers
Thu, Nov 12
Day
39°F
Chance Rain And Snow Showers
Isolated Snow Showers then Chance Light Snow
Thu, Nov 12
Night
27°F
Isolated Snow Showers then Chance Light Snow
Chance Light Snow
Fri, Nov 13
Day
35°F
Chance Light Snow
Chance Rain And Snow
Fri, Nov 13
Night
23°F
Chance Rain And Snow
Rain And Snow Likely
Sat, Nov 14
Day
36°F
Rain And Snow Likely
Rain And Snow Likely
Sat, Nov 14
Night
28°F
Rain And Snow Likely
Rain And Snow
Sun, Nov 15
Day
39°F
Rain And Snow
Source: National Weather Service (weather.gov)

🔥 Wildfires nearby

No active fire perimeters nearby. ✅

Source: National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS)

🗓️ Typical weather

Summer daytime temperatures range from the mid 40s to the low 70s (Fahrenheit). Overcast and cool rainy days are frequent. Winter temperatures can range from the low 30s to -20. Exit Glacier area averages close to 200 inches of snowfall annually, but conditions vary greatly. Storms dumping several feet of snow are common, as are rainy mid-winter days with temperatures hovering in the mid-upper 30s.

Rules

Campers must be in a designated site and are limited to a maximum of two tents and/or eight people per site. You may not sleep in a RV, camper or other vehicle in the campground parking area and overnight parking is not permitted in any other part of the Exit Glacier area. Backcountry camping is allowed throughout the park except within 500 feet of a public use cabin or within 1/8 mile of a road or trail at Exit Glacier.

Trails near camp

Campground information from the National Park Service. Confirm current status with the park before you go.