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Avalanche Creek rushes through the gorge near the start of the Avalanche Lake trail in Glacier National Park on Thursday, July 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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'Heroic efforts' of bystanders credited with saving hikers that fell in Glacier National Park gorge
July 9, 2025 12:05 a.m.

'Heroic efforts' of bystanders credited with saving hikers that fell in Glacier National Park gorge

All three hikers that fell into Avalanche Creek gorge Sunday are in stable condition, thanks in large part to the quick thinking of nearby hikers.

Like many of Glacier’s waterways, Avalanche Creek has a deadly past
July 14, 2024 midnight

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.