Keep the following in mind
There is no road or easy walk out.
If you want to stay at Glacier Lookout you will need to take these things seriously.
- Glacier Lookout is located in the Alaskan wilderness.
- Help might not be on the way or take more than an hour to get to you.
- Cell service can be spotty.
- Glacier Lookout is perched above a 100ft cliff.
- Winds in excess of 90mph can move through the area (generally in winter).
- Much of the ground around the lookout is uneven terrain.
- You may be weathered in days beyond expected.
- May not be safe for children. No children under 12 years old without a guide present.
- Glacier Lookout is visited by black and brown bears. Brown bears as in, the same species as grizzlies, not just a color description.
- There's no toilet. Do not defecate around the alpine. Use the ReStop2 bags and Clean Mountain Cans.
- No smoking or recreational drug use allowed.
- No hunting, scoping, use or relaying of information gathered on a lookout trip for hunting purposes.
- If you are more concerned with selfies than precision situational awareness you can easily create fatal situations.
- Glacier Lookout is a privately owned building and may only be accessed by reservation.