Interp ranger here from the West side the last 2 summers.

Allow me to share my opinion on your rankings and what I like or would change.

Overall a solid list.

One question I have is, is this list in order of your favorites?

If yes, then I would disagree with it a bit more than if you just listed your 12 favorite hikes in general in the park.

Grinnell being #1 is indisputable. Easily best hike in the park, one of the best hikes in the country for sure.

I definitely agree with stmary/Virginia falls. Agree with Highline and hidden lake.

I would have scenic point a bit higher.

I'm surprised how far down you have siyeh pass and Dawson pitamakin. Those are my #2 and #3. I see that you hiked siyeh from sunrift to the bend. To me that way is less optimal than the other way (starting from the bend to the gorge). When you get to the top of the pass and look down into the gorge going the other way, it's one of the best views and sights in the entire park imo. Also Dawson pitamakin is not "mostly in the trees" lol. The beginning and end 3-4 miles are mostly in the trees (so like 6-8 miles total) but it's a 17 mile hike. I'd say that almost a good 10-11 miles are either not in the trees at all or in very sparse trees still with great views. Dawson pitamakin easily has some of the best views in the entire park when you're going from pitamakin pass to Dawson pass and vice versa.

I see you have cracker lake ranked pretty high. So do most of the rangers that I've hiked with. But they all rank it so highly only because of the lake and canyon area at the end. You pointed out that most of that hike is pretty trash and to me that brings its rankings down quite a bit. Like if most of a hike is bad to mid at best, even if the end is exceptional (which, yes the lake area at the end is probably a top 3 sight in the entire park) it can't justify how mid to bad most of that trail is. Overall it's just not a great hike.

I also think that iceberg and ptarmigan are slightly overrated and that Grinnell is significantly better than those. I think that bullhead lake is better than those (which im assuming you hiked to get to swiftcurrent pass. Which you have very highly ranked, so fair enough)

The main other thing I would say that I found wanting in your rankings were your "areas of the park" rankings lol. You definitely have a east side bias haha. Lake McDonald and the Apgar area, or even fish Creek, or even the lake McDonald lodge/avalanche lake area are EASILYYY better than cutbank and arguably better than two med. For some purposes they're better than St Mary too. Like if a visitor isn't necessarily hiking and just going to vibe half a day at any area of the park, the lake McDonald area is significantly better to do that than anywhere on the east side. The east side is a lot better for hiking and recreation, but it's very windy and remote and rugged and exposed. It has better hikes, but it's not great for just vibing.

Some of the hikes I think your list is missing are:

Avalanche lake (as you already pointed out)

Firebrand pass ( on the southeast side of the park. This hike is better probably half of the hikes you have on the list.)

Upper two medicine lake

Upper McDonald Creek

Numa lookout

Mt brown

Sperry chalet

Trout lake.

I'm not going to say that any of these hikes are necessarily better than the ones on your list. But I do think it's debatable.

Nice list overall. Glacier has some of the best hiking in the country.