[Cdt-l] Planning a CDT Hike

[Sly]

I knew I'd find it if I looked hard enough. 

http://www.glacierparkinc.com/Transportation/Shuttles/



Ken Powers wrote:
> This fits our experience in 2002 also. None of the public transit will 
> cross the border. Getting back into the US was a really bad experience 
> for us though.
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> The shuttle dropped us at the Canadian entry station and we walked to 
> the US entry station. The guard met us at the door and asked us what 
> we were doing. We explained our hike and even presented passports and 
> pictured drivers licenses. We even offered to empty our backpacks. I 
> think it p***ed him off that we had id. He questioned us and really 
> had no alternative but to let us through. His last question was what 
> are you going to do now. We explained that we were going to hitch to 
> East Glacier to be picked up by friends.
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> We walked about 100 feet away and waited to hitch. He emptied the next 
> several cars. Everyone had to get out, then he emptied the trunks. His 
> parting words to each car were "See those people over there. They want 
> to get a ride to East Glacier. I wouldn't pick them up. They might be 
> carrying guns."
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> We weren't prepared for this - we had no food and East Glacier was 60 
> miles away. We decided it was fruitless to try hitching at the entry 
> station. We hiked several miles down the highway before even trying to 
> hitch. We ended up getting a ride St Mary and another to East Glacier.
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> We still can't figure out what we did to offend that border guard.
>  
> Ken
> www GottaWalk com
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Jim and/or Ginny Owen <mailto:spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com>
>     *To:* hikertrash at gmail.com <mailto:hikertrash at gmail.com> ;
>     roy_hiking at yahoo.com <mailto:roy_hiking at yahoo.com>
>     *Cc:* cdt-l <mailto:cdt-l at backcountry.net>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:58 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Cdt-l] Planning a CDT Hike
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>     Sly -
>     We took the shuttle to Waterton in '07 to start the GDT and talked
>     to the shuttle people
>     about getting a shuttle back to the States from Waterton when we
>     were done in 6 or 8 weeks. 
>     We were told that they could drop us in Canada (one way fare) but
>     that they couldn't bring
>     us back across the border as a one way trip when we returned.  We
>     solved the problem by
>     hitching - took us 3 rides to get from Pincher Creek to East
>     Gloacier.  That translates to 2
>     or 3 rides to get from Waterton to East Clacier. 
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>     Or - you can take a taxi from Waterton to the border crossing, get
>     out and walk across the
>     border and catch the shuttle from Chief Mt.  As I recall, the taxi
>     can't take you across the
>     border either.  But at least it can get you to Chief Mt. - where
>     you WILL have to deal with
>     the border patrol.  And that WILL require either a passport or a
>     DL and birth certificate. 
>      
>     Jim
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>     http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/
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>     Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:26:36 -0500
>     From: hikertrash at gmail.com
>     To: roy_hiking at yahoo.com
>     CC: cdt-l at backcountry.net
>     Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Planning a CDT Hike
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>     Also...
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>     Since you're only doing Glacier, you may want to consider hiking
>     north.  The trail is somewhat more spectacular that way.  It's
>     easy enough to get a shuttle back. 
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>     Walking into Canada maybe easier than trying to get in that
>     country over the road and dealing with a border guard.
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>     Sly
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>     Roy wrote:
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>         I am planning a hike, starting the first week of Aug., to
>         begin in Glacier Park.  I have found, online, a shuttle to the
>         Prince of Wales Hotel.  I will be going from East Glacier,
>         arriving by trail, to the start of the PCT.  I will only be
>         doing the Glacier section this year.
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>         First Question?  Will I need a passport and/or other permits
>         to go to the trail head?
>         Second?  What is the process for getting a back county pass?
>          
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>         Bayou 
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