Glacier Park
What's happening in Glacier Park today? For information and details regarding Glacier Park and featured stories about the area, see our articles below.
Glacier withdraws plan to put bull trout in Gunsight Lake
Glacier National Park and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have withdrawn a plan to stock native bull trout into…
West Glacier crafts cool online story map
The community of West Glacier has a story to tell — one of deep history, cultural significance, and ongoing community resilience. A newly launched Story Map, “A Town on the Edge: The past, present, and future of We…
Battling the ‘Breeze’ on Summit Mountain
Winds whipped overhead as frozen feet slipped into ski boots in the cold morning hours at Marias Pass. Adam Clark, Adam Cazell and I eyed our goal of the north…
Late riser? Glacier National Park's Sun Road advanced reservations easier to get than one might think
Advanced reservations to enter the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road don’t appear to be going as fast as they have in previous years now that Glacier Nati…
Skiing Stanton worth the work on a sunny day
Winding along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Ella Kuzyk and I had our sights set on a snowy Mount Stanton, shrouded in a morning fog at the head of the lake. Donni…
Opinion: Snowbirds return
The juncos are back in Glacier National Park. The affable birds nest in shallow burrows in the ground and are some of the first birds to return to Glacier each…
Glacier updates its fire management plan
A new fire management plan for Glacier National Park will incorporate prescribed burning and other forest treatments into the park’s ongoing efforts to prevent…
Appeal filed in Glacier Park home case
The Flathead Conservation District and Friends of Montana Rivers and Streams have filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of a home b…
Zinke says Going-to-the-Sun Road plowing should be on schedule
Montana Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke announced Friday that Forest Service and Park Service probationary workers that were fired earlier this year under cu…
Glacier will close Two Medicine to vehicles this fall for utility work
Some of the Glacier National Park’s busiest hubs are set to be temporarily closed in coming years to overhaul the park’s outdated water and wastewater systems.
In Glacier National Park, a rally for public lands and the people that work there
Kellie Ileto stood at the edge of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Saturday as it enters West Glacier holding one sign that said, “Only you can stand up for National …
Penrose, in winter: It’s not the peak, it’s the journey that matters
When I entered the world of mountaineering years ago, reaching the summit of a mountain meant everything. A successful day of climbing was defined by standing …
After years of discussion, BNSF has a griz plan
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has approved a BNSF Railway plan that will provide funding for grizzly bear conservation in northwest Montana in return for a …
Advanced reservations for Glacier National Park's west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, North Fork become available Feb. 13
Glacier National Park has released more details on a timed entry reservation system for the west entrance of the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the North Fork regio…
Hiring freeze, 'resignation' offer could impact thousands of Park Service workers, including Glacier National Park
A federal hiring freeze and a letter that urges employees to consider resignation is already having implications in Glacier National Park and throughout the Pa…