New book highlights travel in Glacier Park past to present
British climber Dorothy Pilley on the Ptarmigan Wall in 1926 with Elizabeth Lake below. This was prior to the opening of the Ptarmigan Tunnel in 1931. (photograph by T.J. Hileman, NPS GLAC8231)
Buses Along Sherburne Lake circa 1950- photo by Fred Noble for the Great Northern Railway (credit- NPS GLAC_11104)
Auto heading east from Logan Pass on Going-To-The-Sun Road through the "Big Drift", circa 1930s. (unknown photographer, NPS GLAC HPF4580)
Author Mike Butler pictured in Glacier Park in 2012 when he accompanied his brother David Butler's research team studying the effects of the 2006 Red Eagle Fire upon the alpine vegetatioin.
Blackfeet tepees set up on the shore of Two Medicine Lake with Sinopah Mountai across the lake, c. 1914 (Photograph by R. E. Marble, NPS GLAC6021)
Author Mike Butler sits on his Red Bus no. 97 with his brother David Butler at Logan Pass, July 1972
Blackfeet tepees set up on the shore of Two Medicine Lake with Sinopah Mountai across the lake, c. 1914 (Photograph by R. E. Marble, NPS GLAC6021
From the chalets, riders would head north over Piegan Pass to the Many Glacier Hotel nearly 13 miles away. This c. 1932 T.J. Hileman photograph shows a lone rider at the pass with Mount Gould on the left. (NPS GLAC103003)
Boat Dock at Two Medicine Lake with Sinopah Mountain reflected in the Lake- photo by George Grant, July 16, 1932 (credit- NPS GLAC11343)
In his new book “Getting Around in Glacier National Park,” author Mike Butler tells the tales and travails of 20th century travelers seeking adventure in what Great Northern Railway magnate James J. Hill once termed “the playground of the Northwest.”...
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