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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

The Board of Directors
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form
S-8 (No. 33-94648 and No. 333-36514) of our report dated February 2, 2001
relating to the consolidated statements of financial condition of Glacier
Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and comprehensive
income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2000, which report appears in the December 31, 2000 annual report
on Form 10-K of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. Our report, dated February 2, 2001,
contains explanatory paragraphs indicating that we did not audit the 1998
financial statements of Mountain West Bank acquired by Glacier Bancorp, Inc. on
February 4, 2000 in a pooling of interests; those statements were audited by
other auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar
as it relates to the amounts included for Mountain West Bank in the 1998
consolidated financial statements of Glacier Bancorp, Inc., is based solely on
the report of the other auditors.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Billings, Montana
March 28, 2001