Hannah & Daniel

We met in 2015 at an indoor rock climbing gym near Atlanta, GA. I (the bride) am typically very shy, but I approached him and introduced myself. After a couple of weeks of rock climbing together, Daniel asked me on our first date. We both knew this was something special from the start, so it’s no surprise that we fell in love after the first couple of months. We dated for four years before getting engaged at Yosemite National Park.

After we got engaged in Yosemite National Park, we were trying to decide on a destination wedding at another national park. We fell in love with the mountains and scenery in Carrie Ann’s photography on social media a few weeks into our search. She is the reason we decided on Glacier National Park! We always knew we wanted a small wedding with just immediate family and best friends. We had 11 of our closest family and friends in attendance, which made it more intimate and special to us. We had difficulty planning a meal after our ceremony due to our photography package, so we had a nice rehearsal dinner at Grouse Mountain Lodge the night before the wedding. For the night of the wedding, the mother of the bride made bags of wedding favors for the guests that included

all the supplies for a picnic including blankets, plates, silverware, champagne and champagne flutes, and dessert. While we were off taking pictures after our ceremony, our family and friends enjoyed eating, drinking, and playing corn hole.

Carrie Ann helped answer so many of our questions related to wedding permits, locations in the park, rules for number of guests/vehicles, etc. She also helped ease our stress around changes and closures due to the pandemic. It was difficult to plan a wedding in Many Glacier because it was closed for most of 2020 and did not open until one month before our wedding! If someone wants to get married on the East side of the park, book lodging for your guests as soon as possible. The rooms at Many Glacier Hotel booked a full year in advance, which we were not anticipating. Unfortunately, we were unable to secure enough rooms at Many Glacier for our guests and had to improvise by staying at St. Mary Village. We were unable to reserve a block of rooms anywhere nearby, so we paid for our guests rooms just to make sure everyone had somewhere to stay on the wedding night.