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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To CDT hikers:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am planning to hike between Many Glacier and
East Glacier Park summer 2009. <FONT color=#0000ff>Has anyone succeeded in
making advance reservations for a CDT hike in Glacier before Aug 1?</FONT> The
reason I ask is that the info on NPS's web site for Glacier (a 7 page pdf
document) says there are date restrictions on advance reservations
for certain back country sites. Some of these sites are critical to my
hiking plan, namely Red Eagle Lake (available Aug 1) and No Name Lake
(available Jul 15). I would like to hike in early July.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are we thru hikers bound to negotiate for camp
sites the day before the hike? How big is the risk of plans not working out in
that case? Is there no way for people like us to work around those date
restrictions and get advance reservations (which begin to be processed April
15)? The NPS document features a photo of a person disappointed because his
application was not processed. Perhaps he requested a camp site before the
availability date. Sounds threatening.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for sharing your experiences.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Laskowske</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>member, CDTS</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>