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Employee Benefit Plans (Details Textual) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Employee Benefit Plans      
Number of officers in employment contract 25gbci_NumberOfOfficersInEmploymentContract    
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plans      
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plans      
Minimum age required to be considered eligible for plan 21gbci_MinimumAgeRequiredToBeConsideredEligibleForPlan
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Period of Employment Required to be Eligible for Plan 3gbci_PeriodOfEmploymentRequiredToBeEligibleForPlan
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Minimum number of quarters required to be eligible for employer discretionary contribution 1gbci_MinimumNumberOfQuartersRequiredToBeEligibleForEmployerDiscretionaryContribution
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Minimum number of hours required to be considered eligible for employer discretionary contribution 501gbci_MinimumNumberOfHoursRequiredToBeConsideredEligibleForEmployerDiscretionaryContribution
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Percent rate for non-elective safe harbor contribution as component of profit sharing plan 3.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Profit Sharing Plan Expense $ 7,107,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
$ 5,862,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
$ 3,974,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
Maximum percentage of annual compensation allowable for contribution by eligible employees 60.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanMaximumAnnualContributionsPerEmployeePercent
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Percentage of amount out of first specific percent of employee's contribution matched under plan 50.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Percentage of employee's contribution required to determine the matched amount under the plan 6.00%gbci_PercentageOfEmployeesContributionRequiredToDetermineMatchedAmountUnderPlan
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= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
   
Employee Benefits Plans      
Company's contribution to the plan 2,246,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
1,935,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
1,751,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_DefinedContributionPlanMember
Deferred Compensation Plans      
Deferred Compensation Plans      
Percentage of salary for deferral of cash payments 50.00%gbci_PercentageOfSalaryForDeferralOfCashPayments
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
   
Percentage of bonuses and directors fees for deferral of cash payments 100.00%gbci_PercentageOfBonusesAndDirectorsFeesForDeferralOfCashPayments
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
   
Total amount deferred 591,000gbci_DeferredAmountForCompensationPlans
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
376,000gbci_DeferredAmountForCompensationPlans
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
278,000gbci_DeferredAmountForCompensationPlans
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
Liability related to obligations of deferred compensation plans 4,810,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualRecordedLiability
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
5,042,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualRecordedLiability
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
 
Employee Benefits Plans      
Credit earning rate as a percentage of return on equity 50.00%gbci_CreditEarningRateAsPercentageOfReturnOnEquity
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
   
Total earnings for the plan 369,000gbci_DefinedContributionPlanEarnings
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
515,000gbci_DefinedContributionPlanEarnings
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
231,000gbci_DefinedContributionPlanEarnings
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= gbci_DeferredCompensationPlanMember
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan      
Employee Benefits Plans      
Company's contribution to the plan 151,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
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= gbci_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlansMember
76,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlansMember
47,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount
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= gbci_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlansMember
Credit earning rate as a percentage of return on equity 50.00%gbci_CreditEarningRateAsPercentageOfReturnOnEquity
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= gbci_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlansMember
   
Total earnings for the plan $ 59,000gbci_DefinedContributionPlanEarnings
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= gbci_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlansMember
$ 48,000gbci_DefinedContributionPlanEarnings
/ us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanNameAxis
= gbci_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlansMember
$ 37,000gbci_DefinedContributionPlanEarnings
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= gbci_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlansMember