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Glacier National Park

Your gateway to Glacier National Park—featuring in-depth coverage, community stories, and photo galleries that bring the landscape to life.

Updated 6 days, 14 hours ago

Sharp cold front to drop snow on Glacier Park

A winter weather advisory was issued for Glacier National Park beginning Wednesday night as a potent front out of …

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Glacier Park plows at Crystal Point on Sun Road

Glacier National Park plow crews have made it to Crystal Point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, but the road this weekend will be closed at Avalanche Creek to hik…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Glacier National Park faces summer of uncertainty

Glacier National Park officials say the upcoming summer season remains unclear amid federal budget cuts and mass terminations.

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Appeal filed in Glacier Park home case

The Flathead Conservation District and Friends of Montana Rivers and Streams have filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of a home b…

Updated 1 year, 2 months ago
Glacier Park superintendent to oversee Grant-Kohrs Ranch

The superintendent of Glacier National Park is adding another National Park Service site to his portfolio.

Updated 1 year, 2 months ago
The park's poet: Glacier's 'Ranger Doug' dies at age 98

He was a poet, a storyteller and an educator, entertaining everyone from young tourists to the future president of the United States.

Updated 1 year, 2 months ago
Closures expected as Glacier National Park repairs infrastructure systems

The project is expected to span three years, starting in fall 2025 with repairs in the Two Medicine and St. Mary areas. According to a story map published by t…

Updated 1 year, 2 months ago
Glacier National Park updates wildfire response plan

A new fire management plan for Glacier National Park will incorporate prescribed burning and other forest treatments into the park’s ongoing efforts to prevent…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
PHOTOS: Moose on the loose

We were camping for a night at the Two Medicine Campground in Glacier National Park when I decided to take an after-dinner walk in search of a sunset compositi…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
PHOTOS: Two Medicine Pass Trail in Glacier National Park

The trail hustles you up and over a glacial moraine toward the base of Mount Rockwell before turning and ascending the windswept ridgeline. Surrounded by summi…

Updated 1 year, 11 months ago
Glacier National Park plow crews grapple with deepest snow in more than a decade

It’s feeling like spring in the valley, but at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park road crews are still in the thick of winter snowpack — the deepest seen in mor…

Updated 2 years ago
PHOTOS: Aurora borealis over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park

Aurora borealis lights up the night sky over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Friday into Saturday, May 10-11.

Updated 2 years, 1 month ago
Glacier National Park's glaciers are falling to pieces, study finds

A study by the U.S. Geological Survey last fall found that 11 glaciers in Glacier National Park have broken into pieces, as climate change continues to warm th…

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Love of mountain goats drives Glacier Park photographer Sumio Harada

Born and raised in Japan, Sumio Harada studied Japanese serow as a college student, taking photos that highlighted the many different fur patterns on their fac…

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
In Glacier National Park, this toilet melds into the landscape

Over the years, Glacier Park has added a host of bathrooms along the Going-to-the-Sun Road at several pullouts.

Updated 2 years, 8 months ago
Hay piles and pellets: searching for pikas in Glacier National Park

Researchers are joining forces with citizen science volunteers to see how the pika population is faring in Glacier National Park.