SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Langel Craig A (Last) (First) (Middle) 49 COMMONS LOOP (Street) KALISPELL MT 59901 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/28/2005	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GLACIER BANCORP INC [ GBCI ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	37,099	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option	07/29/2003	01/29/2008	Common Stock	1,719	14.165	D
Option	07/28/2004	01/28/2009	Common Stock	1,563	20.051	D
Option	07/26/2005	01/26/2010	Common Stock	1,654	25.004	D

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	Michael J. Blodnick on behalf of Craig A. Langel	12/28/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,

constitutes and appoints Michael J. Blodnick and James H. Strosahl as the

undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power and

authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place
and
stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute,
acknowledge,
deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments
thereto) with
respect to the securities of Glacier Bancorp, Inc., a
Montana corporation
(the "Company"), with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission,
any national securities exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary
or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to
time (the "Exchange Act");


(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any
such person to release any such information to the
undersigned and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and



(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such

attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the

undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned

acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does
not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on
information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such
information;

(2)	any documents prepared
and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company
nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's

responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)
any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such

requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for

profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and



(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from

responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby
gives and
grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as
fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present,
hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of
the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney
shall remain in
full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing
delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this
20th day of December, 2005.






									/s/ Craig
A. Langel
						Signature






STATE OF MONTANA


COUNTY OF MISSOULA




	On this 20th day of December, 2005, Craig
A. Langel personally
appeared before me, and acknowledged that he executed
the foregoing
instrument for the purposes therein contained.

	IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.





									 /s/ Laurie Clark
					Notary
					My

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