Jul 20 2011
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . Larry Leger and Sharon Knight, of Louisiana, came up Glacier National Park on a tour of the West. With the Going-to-the-Sun Road closed over Logan Pass at the time, they decided to extend their stay, traveling to Canada and then Yellowstone National Park. “We delayed our departure [...]
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 [...]
Sep 03 2010
Yesterday’s Great Falls Tribune had a nice article on rafting the North Fork, including some useful background material . . . For 59 miles, the North Fork of the Flathead River snakes from the Canadian border to its confluence with the Middle Fork. It twists and turns along the western boundary of Glacier National Park [...]
Jun 21 2009
The Flathead Beacon posted a short “Places” article on Polebridge today . . . If you’re looking for a quiet place to enjoy just outside Glacier National Park, head up the road to Polebridge for a truly Montana experience. Located one mile from the northwestern entrance to the park, the Polebridge Mercantile and Northern Lights [...]
Jun 14 2009
From yesterday’s online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . . When the national scenic trails system was created four decades ago, the goal was to build a walking path across the United States. That goal came closer to reality in March, when President Obama signed a bill creating the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail [...]
Mar 28 2009
The North Fork Hostel and the Polebridge area got a nice write-up in the Helena Independent Record last Thursday . . . I awoke to a thump-thump-thump sound of fresh spring snow blowing off the trees and landing on the metal roof. It was morning in North Fork Country. Situated next to Glacier National Park’s [...]
Oct 31 2008
Missoulian reporter Michael Jamison took a trip to explore a cave “north of Polebridge” recently. The write-up appeared in the October 31, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . . Beneath: a bed of soft sand pressing damp and firm against shoulder blades. Above: a glittering sky, starry pinpoints against unlimited black, deep as [...]
Oct 30 2008
New West photographer Graham Coppes posted a very nice slideshow of an early Fall float down the North Fork. The link turned up in a post to the Wade Rivers Wild Tramps web log, which has been giving the North Fork a lot of digital ink lately.
