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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
Kalispell, Montana

We consent to the inclusion by reference in the registration statements on Forms
S-8 (Files No. 333-105995 and No. 333-36514) and registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-154968) of our report dated March 1, 2010 on our audits of the
consolidated statements of financial condition as of December 31, 2009 and 2008,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income and cash flows for the three years then ended of Glacier
Bancorp, Inc. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report
dated March 1, 2010, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. as of December 31, 2009.


                                        /s/ BKD, LLP

Denver, Colorado
March 12, 2010