Visitors take photographs of the gorge from the footbridge over Avalanche Creek at the start of the Avalanche Lake trail in Glacier National Park on Thursday, July 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
July 11, 2024
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Recreating responsibly in summer saves lives
Tragedy was narrowly averted in Glacier National Park last week after three hikers fell into the Avalanche Creek gorge. A pair of quick-thinking and courageous brothers — armed with the know-how to act in wilderness medical emergencies, it must be emphasized — rescued two adults from Glacier's notoriously dangerous white water.
Daines pushes bill to address overdue maintenance at national parks
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines on Thursday introduced a bill with bipartisan support that seeks to reauthorize a program to address billions in overdue maintenance at national parks, increase program funding from the federal government, and seeks to increase the amount of public donations supporting those projects.
Like many of Glacier’s waterways, Avalanche Creek has a deadly past
Charles Green was working as a Civilian Conservation Corps supervisor in Glacier National Park in 1941 when he was called to retrieve a body from Avalanche Creek. In his book “Montana Memories, Volume IV” he describes the gorge in all its beauty and danger.