Avalanche Creek rushes through the gorge near the start of the Avalanche Lake trail in Glacier National Park in this file photo. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
July 11, 2024
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Three hikers rescued from Avalanche Creek gorge
First responders rescued three hikers that fell into the gorge on Avalanche Lake Trail in Glacier National Park on Sunday.
Glacier National Park rangers recover body of drowning victim in Avalanche Creek
Glacier National Park officials believe the body of 26-year-old Siddhant Vitthal Patil from India was recovered on Saturday after weeks of searching for the drowning victim, according to a press release.
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.