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Description
Glacier is a gateway community
for the Mount Baker area and is
the last outpost on the Mount Baker Highway before entering the national forest.
The community caters to summer hikers and river rafters, and winter skiers and
snowboarders. While Glacier
offers food and lodging, there is no gas available, so you will need to
return to Maple Falls for fuel.
Location
Nestled in a beautiful
valley, Glacier is
just inside the Mount Baker
National Recreation Area, and north of the Mount Baker Wilderness
Area. The community is about 24 miles west of the Mount Baker Ski
Area, and about 32 miles east of
the intersection of I-5 and State Route 542 in Bellingham.
Getting to
Glacier
 The only route to Glacier is
State Route 542,
otherwise known as the Mount Baker Highway. Turn east from the town
of Bellingham on I-5. The section of SR 542 from Glacier to Artist
Point, where it terminates 24 miles past Glacier, was designated a National
Forest Scenic Byway in 1989.
History
Gold mining followed by coal mining, logging and some remote agricultural
activity fostered the development of a community here. By the turn of the
century, outdoor enthusiasts were already coming to the area, and so began
the town’s happy relationship with tourism. The town prospered enough to
make it worth the while of the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia
Railroad to reach here in 1904. In 1906, the town site became part of the
National Forest, but prior-established homesteaders were given deeds to
their lands and mining claims were honored. In 1915, the town had three
hotels, a mercantile store, town hall, pool hall, barber shop, livery
stable and a few quietly operated brothels. When the Mount Baker Highway
was opened in 1923, the once-remote area was made accessible to the
motoring public.
ACTIVITIES
Mt. Baker
Snowboard Shop P.O. Box 5209,
Glacier, 98244. Phone: 360-599-2008, FAX: 360-599-1902. E-mail
Orion Ceramic Studios. Box 5149,
Glacier, WA 98244-5149. Phone: 360-599-2544.
ATTRACTIONS
Church
Mountain Landslide
Find out what is is you are looking at, as you travel eastwards out of the
community of Glacier. (Field Trip Stop 12, of the Mount Baker Highway
Tour, on the NPS Park Geology web site)
Black
Mountain Forestry Center. P. O. Box 730, Maple Falls, WA 98266. Phone:
360-599-2623.
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Black Mountain
Forestry Center is a grassroots local organization of volunteers with a
mission to promote awareness and provide education about our forests,
their history, ecology, and value as a renewable natural resource.
Nooksack Falls
The U.S.F.S. Glacier Ranger
Station, built in 1908, and the Nooksack Falls Power Plant have National
Historic status.
FOOD &
BEVERAGE
Graham's Restaurant. Open most of the
time. 9989 Mount Baker Highway, Baker, WA 98244. Phone:
360-599-1964.
Milano's Restaurant and
Deli. 9990 Mount Baker Highway, Glacier, WA 98244.
VISITOR
INFORMATION
Mt Baker Foothills Chamber of
Commerce. PO Box 866,
Maple Falls 98266. Phone: 360-671-3990.
U.S.F.S. Glacier Ranger Station.
Phone: 360-599-2714.
Mt. Baker Rim Club. 10315 Mt. Baker
Highway, PO Box 5074, Glacier, WA 98244-5074.
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