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                                                                      Exhibit 23

                         Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
WesterFed Financial Corporation:

We consent to the inclusion of our report dated February 23, 2001, with respect
to the consolidated balance sheets of WesterFed Financial Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash
flows for the year ended December 31, 2000, the six months ended December 31,
1999 and the years ended June 30, 1999 and 1998, which report appears in the
Form 8-K/A of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. filed on May 3, 2001.

/s/ KPMG LLP


Billings, Montana
May 2, 2001