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 looks to have transportation plan done by 2026
Glacier National Park hopes to have a long-term transportation/visitation plan by winter 2026, park officials said…
Lookout project nearly completed
Volunteers and staff from Glacier National Park made significant progress on a stabilization effort on the Park’s historic Heavens Peak Lookout.
Park wants to expand lake trout suppression
Glacier National Park would like to ramp up its war on non-native lake trout. The Park last week released a public scoping document to continue lake trout supp…
Clear skies in 268 years
New federal air pollution regulations signed into law Aug. 15 are intended to reduce haze in Montana’s skies, but the payback for Glacier National Park could take 268 years.
Sous chef's CPR training comes in handy
An elderly woman from the Hamilton area is lucky to be alive after she choked on a piece of meat while camping at Two Medicine in Glacier National Park.
Part of Inside North Fork Road opens to vehicles
About six miles of the Inside North Fork Road in Glacier National Park between Fish Creek Campground and Camas Creek Bridge opened to vehicles over the weekend, but part of the road is still closed due to flood dam…
Transit Center parking project OK'd
A plan to expand the Apgar Transit Center’s parking lot to accommodate up to 195 more motor vehicles has been approved by the National Park Service.
Akokala fish barrier proposed
Glacier National Park is seeking comment on plans to construct a fish passage barrier on lower Akokala Creek near the Akokala Creek bridge to protect native fish.
A bear encounter of the close kind
On Saturday, July 29, my nephew Zack, 27, of New York, and I, 66 from Pittsburgh, took Glacier National Park’s Loop Trail up to Granite Park Chalet with no par…
Glacier Park scales back search for missing hiker
Michigan family sends message
Bill calls for American goods in American parks
A bill recently introduced by Sen. Jon Tester would require all items sold in gift shops and visitors centers in National Parks be made in the U.S.
Glacier Park - an astronomer's dream gig
Dave Ingram looked through a telescope at the sun on a hot July afternoon in Glacier National Park.
Survey: Sun Road trails over used
Cameras are used but can’t distinguish faces
Park crews respond to two small wildland fires
Glacier National Park firefighters responded to two very small wildland fires started by lightning in the past few days.
Weather could hamper Park search
The search in Glacier National Park for a 19-year-old male hiker who failed to return following a day hike on July 28 continued Thursday, Aug. 2, but weather forecasts called for showers, thunderstorms and winds th…
Glacier Park ranger honored
Glacier National Park wilderness specialist Kyle Johnson has been awarded the National Park Service Director’s Wes Henry National Excellence in Wilderness Stew…