Glacier National Park
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Hiker injured in Glacier grizzly mauling suffered broken arm
A hiker injured by a charging grizzly bear in Glacier National Park last week suffered a broken arm, park official…
Avalanche warning issued for Northwest Montana mountain ranges
The Flathead Avalanche Center reports a rash of close calls in the backcountry over the last week as dangerous avalanche conditions persist in Northwest Montan…
Essex ‘blindsided’ by looming closure of historic Izaak Walton Inn
ESSEX — Over the winter, those in the tiny mountain hamlet of Essex, on the southern edge of Glacier National Park, said something felt amiss around LOGE Glaci…
Glacier National Park plans express shuttles, parking limit at Logan Pass as reservation system ends
In an effort to make Logan Pass more easily accessible, Glacier National Park is rolling out a new ticketed shuttle system this summer that includes early morn…
Construction will cause partial closures in Two Medicine, St. Mary in Glacier National Park
Officials plan to close access to Two Medicine at the park boundary during the spring and fall of this year to accommodate a trio of construction projects repa…
Glacier superintendent says vehicle reservation system didn't work as expected
While no official word has yet to be released on Glacier National Park’s summer operations, Superintendent Dave Roemer told the crowd at the North Fork Interlo…
Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service
President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that holds extensive contracts with the …
Glacier officials remain mum on plan to end ticketed entry
Five years after Glacier National Park first introduced a ticketed-entry system to handle ever-increasing summer crowds, the park plans on eliminating the at-t…
Feds order interpretive signs in Glacier, Little Bighorn, changed or removed
Members of the Trump administration have ordered National Park Service staff change or remove signs and exhibits at two NPS locations in Montana due to their f…
Montana’s tourists are getting older, richer and rarer
While Montana saw fewer tourists in 2025, they came with more gray hair — and more dollars for Montana businesses.
For Foster, it’s been a rewarding career at Glacier National Park
The complete remodeling of the Many Glacier Hotel. The rebuilding of the Going-to-the-Sun Road; numerous water and infrastructure projects and two notable toil…
Montana’s snowpack above normal after December storms
The relentless atmospheric river that drenched Montana in December helped ease drought conditions while also delivering robust snowfall to the state’s highest …
Outdoors: Lonesome Lines
Our winter Outdoors special publication features stories on winter alpine touring, an ice fishing derby, and a local nordic club training for a biathlon.
Fleeting encounters: The common redpoll
My grouse hunt had been interrupted by a favorite winter bird: The common redpoll.
A snowy hike to Glacier National Park's Mount Brown lookout
Last year around mid-November, we were stuck in the same scenario: almost no snow.
Skiing the desolate slopes of Glacier National Park's Otokomi Lake
The first light of dawn danced across the broad peaks of the St. Mary’s Valley as a cloudless sky was pierced by an early morning chill – a chill that cut stra…