May 12 2012
Here’s some more information on road status in Glacier Park . . . Glacier National Park snow plows have advanced to the Big Bend area on Going-to-the-Sun Road, about 2.5 miles west of Logan Pass, while an east-side plowing crew is working in the Siyeh Bend area. Continue reading . . .
May 03 2012
According to Glacier Park’s road status page, Going-to-the-Sun Road is now open to general traffic as far as Avalanche Campground on the west side and to Rising Sun from the east. Here’s the official write-up: Currently 21.0 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road are open for travel. Visitors can drive 15.5 miles from the West Entrance [...]
Apr 17 2012
According to Glacier National Park’s road status web page, Camas Road is now officially open. This will be nice for those folks who prefer to avoid the lower part of the North Fork Road, especially in the spring.
Apr 07 2012
Montana snowpack is about average most places and continued to accumulate throughout March . . . There may not be gold in them thar’ hills, but there’s snow. In fact, even as we creep into spring, the statewide snowpack increased for the third month in a row in March, adding as much as 24 percent [...]
Mar 23 2012
From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . Avalanche danger remains considerable in Northwest Montana and could worsen with expected high temperatures this weekend, according to the latest backcountry avalanche advisory issued Friday by the U.S. Forest Service. Following the arrival of moist, heavy snowfall this week, backcountry recreationists should take precaution at elevations above 5,500 [...]
Mar 23 2012
Snow amounts down-valley this winter were considerably lower than average, but higher elevations did OK overall . . . Spring officially got under way Tuesday, ending one of the Flathead Valley’s mildest winters in recent memory. From Oct. 1 through March 20, just 30.2 inches of snowfall had been measured at Glacier Park International Airport. [...]
Mar 10 2012
Not exactly startling news, but it’s nice to have official word that high country snow levels are just about back to normal . . . After a slow start in the last months of 2011, Montana’s snowpack has mostly caught up to historical averages around the state. The month of February dealt above average snow [...]
Feb 27 2012
Skiing or snowmobiling in the backcountry is risky business right now . . . A special backcountry avalanche warning was issued Sunday for the mountains of Northwest Montana. Avalanche danger is “high” for areas between 4,500 feet and 7,500 feet, according to Flathead National Forest avalanche expert Stan Bones. Travel in avalanche terrain is not [...]
