Glacier Park
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Snow closes most Glacier Park roads for the season
The Many Glacier Road and Two Medicine Road are closed for the season and so is the Cut Bank Road at the Park boun…
Sperry Chalet investigation, report, in the works
A final report on the Sperry Chalet Fire could be months in the making, a spokeswoman for Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke said last week.
Village Inn roof damaged
The Village Inn in Glacier National Park will likely see repairs starting this week, Park spokeswoman Lauren Alley said.
Masons working on final walls of Sun Road reconstruction
On a cold morning late last month, mason Alex Gladstone heated a new stone headwall on the Going-to-the-Sun Road with a propane torch.
In Glacier, C-Falls, Whitefish students learning the GIS ropes
Gone are the days of student field trips in Glacier National Park where kids just romp around in the woods, looking for squirrels. Today’s field trips are abou…
Thanks to Conservancy grant, Polebridge ranger station goes solar
The historic Polebridge Ranger Station in Glacier National Park has turned to the sun for some of its power. The Park Service, with a $98,000 grant from the Gl…
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In a lot of ways, the Cut Bank drainage is the poor man’s Many Glacier. It doesn’t have as many lakes. It doesn’t have a big lodge, or massive campground. But …
Zinke proposes more than doubling Glacier Park entrance fees
The National Park Service Tuesday announced it was proposing to more than double entrance fees to several national parks, including Glacier National Park, to p…
Sperry Chalet stabilization should wrap up this week
Glacier National Park construction crews were wrapping up a project this week to stabilize the Sperry Chalet for the winter. The main dormitory at the chalet c…
Resolution asks Congress to address backlog at Park Service
The Columbia Falls City Council last week passed a resolution to support dedicated funding for Park Service deferred maintenance at national parks like Glacier.
Oldest of Glacier's cedars spared from Sprague Fire
Last week out in the woods near John’s Lake in Glacier National Park a sprinkler chunked water into the trees.
As fall arrives, services winding down in Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park has begun preparing for the fall and winter seasons, with many services set to close in the coming month.
Sprague Fire continues to smolder
The Sprague Fire in Glacier National Park continued to simmer on Snyder Ridge and the flanks of Mount Brown last week. The higher elevations appear to be all b…
Waterton townsite reopens, but most of Waterton still closed
Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada has partially reopened after the Kenow Fire burned about 30 percent of the park earlier this month.
Monument status for Badger-Two Medicine? Perhaps
A leaked memo from Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke’s office seems to indicate support for national monument status for the Badger-Two Medicine region south of…
New Conservancy director looks to double its coffers
Doug Mitchell didn’t get much time to settle into the job as the executive director of the Glacier National Park Conservancy. About six weeks in, the Sperry Ch…