Jun 30 2011
From a press release posted today on the Glacier Park web site . . . Park Officials announce the Going-to-the-Sun Road Transit System will begin operations on July 1. On the west side of the park a modified shuttle schedule will operate daily, from 7:00am to 5:00pm, until the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road is open to [...]
Jun 29 2011
Larry talks about the arrival of summer on the North Fork and some of the upcoming activities and social events . . . Deadline for turning this column in to the Hungry Horse News is noon on Monday. Consequently, I usually write it on Sunday afternoon and, rarely, early Monday morning. This week it’s Monday [...]
Jun 29 2011
From today’s Hungry Horse News . . . Glacier National Park plow crews are closing in on Logan Pass, but they still have a good week of work ahead of them. As of presstime, crews on the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road were just below Logan Pass near Rimrocks. On the east side, plow [...]
Jun 29 2011
From a press release posted today on the Glacier National Park web site . . . Aggressive behavior has been displayed by a mountain lion in the Upper McDonald Creek Valley near areas highly frequented by visitors. Rangers are requesting visitors to be on alert for mountain lions and report all sightings to the closest [...]
Jun 29 2011
From a press release posted to the Flathead National Forest web site . . . Release Date: Jun 28, 2011 Public access on the Moose Creek Road, Forest Road #210C, and the Moran Creek Road, Forest Road #5241, both located north of Columbia Falls on the Flathead National Forest, will have temporary access changes beginning [...]
Jun 28 2011
Looks like Wyoming is slowly edging towards a deal with the feds on wolf management. From today’s Missoulian . . . Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is headed to Wyoming to meet with Gov. Matt Mead and others to discuss removing wolves from the endangered list in the state. Sen. John Barrasso says Daniel Ashe, President [...]
Jun 28 2011
Polebridge will have its usual (I use the term advisedly) Fourth of July parade this year. Here’s how the Hungry Horse News puts it: “The Fourth of July parade at Polebridge will start at noon… The Northern Lights Saloon will have an outdoor barbecue in the afternoon and serve dinners. Polebridge has one of the [...]
Jun 26 2011
Here’s more North Fork coverage from New West. This article by Maggie Neal Doherty concerns her early season hike to Akokala Lake . . . After 23 miles of dusty potholed road and a stop off at the Polebridge Mercantile for a hot turkey sandwich to add to my lunch, I pulled my camera from [...]
Jun 24 2011
Glacier National Park posted their weekend update today. The bulk of it discusses the ongoing work to get Logan Pass and the remainder of Going-to-the-Sun Road opened up. There’s still lots of snow to plow and no official opening date yet . . . Plowing and rehabilitation work continue on the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) [...]
Jun 24 2011
Looks like flooding concerns are easing off a bit. Here’s an early morning post to the Daily Inter Lake . . . A couple of warm days and a few heavy rainstorms haven’t resulted in many changes to area river levels, Flathead County Office of Emergency Services Director Scott Sampey said Thursday. But, that could [...]
