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.
Scrambling up the Razor’s Edge
Packing a bag in the tranquil morning, my eyes peered to the end of the Cut Bank Valley where Razoredge Mountain i…
October and November, the golden age of larch
Late October and early November mark the golden age of Northwest Montana’s landscape, when the western and alpine larch turn yellow and drop their needles for …
Opinion: Freezing at Fifty
So when you have bypass heart surgery they typically take a long length of vein from your leg to do one of the bypasses. I had a double bypass in February so t…
Groups file suit over Gunsight Lake fish plan
Local conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court which alleges the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endange…
Plein air paintings of Glacier, Flathead now on display
The 17th annual Plein Art Glacier festival kicked off earlier this month in Glacier Park and the Flathead Valley, hosted by the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalis…
The North Face of Glacier Park's Mount Reynolds a mountaineering challenge
After a series of false starts Ayden Douglas and I started up the Going-To-The-Sun Road in the late afternoon in hopes of finding adventure and attempting a po…
Otokomi: This east-side hike has handfuls of rewards
Tucked away behind the Rising Sun Motel in St. Mary lies the often looked over Otokomi Lake and its rugged country of the Rose Creek drainage. From the Rose C…
Glacier will hold Hawk Watch training sessions
Glacier National Park will host volunteer training for its annual Hawk Watch program on August 27 and September 23.
Daunting Task: The north face of Wilbur provides a challenge for veteran climbers
Last month, Adam Clark and I made, from what we know, the fourth ascent of the North Face of Mount Wilbur via the main weakness to the west of the true summit.…
History: A hot day played a big role in Glacier National Park's creation
It’s easy to take the grandeur of Glacier National Park for granted nowadays, but 114 years ago, a hot day and a change in the way the U.S. House of Representa…
Grinnell’s Glacier: A look at the man behind the Glacier National Park landmarks
George Bird Grinnell – “The Father of Glacier National Park” – was born Sept. 30, 1849, in Brooklyn, New York to George Blake Grinnell and Helen A. Lansing
For bat researchers, tender is the night
When the pulchritudinous song of the Swainson’s thrush stops, that’s when Lisa Bate knows it’s time to raise the nets.
Groups threaten lawsuit over Gunsight Lake bull trout plan
Two environmental groups have filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the Park Service over plans to introduce bull trout into Gunsight Lake in Glacier National…
Pitamakan: On this day, a nice place for a nap
The nice thing about Glacier National Park’s new Wilderness Backcountry Permit system is it lets you see what’s available in advance, so even if you didn’t boo…
Howe Lake and beyond ... Biological diversity abounds on this relatively short journey
Sometimes you do a hike in Glacier National Park for the fun of it and other times they become an exploratory mission. Sunday’s hike on the Howe Lake Fire Trai…
Thinking of climbing Chief Mountain? Think again as Blackfeet enforcing closure
Tribal leaders are again enforcing a decades-old closure of Chief Mountain after recent tourist activity disturbed cultural and spiritual practices there.