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…
Get into Glacier for free on Monday
Entrance fees to Glacier National Park, as well as other units of the National Park Service, will be waived on Monday, Jan. 18, in commemoration of Martin Luth…
Glacier's Christmas bird count a quiet one
With nearly a foot of new snow the night before the count, Glacier National Park’s Christmas bird count was a quiet one, with fewer birds than normal observed,…
Glacier Park proposes new housing in East Glacier and Swiftcurrent
Glacier changes reservation system for backcountry permits
Glacier National Park has changed the way it takes advanced reservations for backcountry camp sites. A little less than half of all backcountry camps in the Park were held by advanced reservation last year, said Br…
Glacier National Park breaks visitation record
When it doesn’t rain in June, people flock to Glacier National Park and this year they did just that, breaking an all-time attendance record in the Park for the year.
Park considering 'historic leases' for Lake McDonald cabins
Glacier National Park officials are contemplating the idea of leasing several historic cabins along the shores of Lake McDonald. The Park first floated the idea back in 2011, but a formal environmental analysis of …
Glacier Park welcomed Mongolian guests from sister park
Glacier National Park received visitors from its sister park in Mongolia for five days last month.
Despite fires, businesses near Glacier Park said they had a good year
Despite wildfires and weeks of smoke, businesses that rely on Glacier Park tourist traffic said they had a good year, all things considered. A quick start to the summer didn’t hurt. June was warm and dry and the Go…
Glacier Park fees going up
Hungry Horse News
Glacier National Park visitation down in August
Three solid weeks of smoke from area wildfires resulted in about 14 percent less visitors to Glacier National Park in August. August visitation was at 579,000 people compared to 675,119 last year, but even so, the …
Hungry bears close St. Mary camp to tenters
Hungry bears have caused Glacier National Park officials to close the St. Mary auto campground to tent campers. Hard sided-campers, such as recreational vehicles and truck campers are still allowed in the camp.
On a smoky day, celebrating the North Fork
Despite a thick smoke in the skies, it was a day of celebration in the North Fork Monday as dignitaries, private citizens, and businesses gathered in Blankenship to recognize the North Fork Watershed Protection Act.
Round up for Glacier National Park raises nearly $10,000
For the seventh consecutive year, Smith's Food and Drug Centers in Columbia Falls and Kalispell sponsored "Round Up for Glacier," throughout the month of July. Customers were asked to "round up" their grocery bill …
All campfires banned; Stage 2 restrictions now in effect
With more than 90 wildfires burning across Northwest Montana, new fire restrictions go into effect on Thursday.
Multiple trails closed by fires in Glacier, Bob Marshall
Here is a list of trail and area closures due to fires as of Aug. 18: