Jul 06 2011
From today’s Hungry Horse News . . . Glacier National Park’s Logan Pass is still socked in with snow, and this year will mark one of the latest openings of the entire length of the Going-to-the-Sun Road ever. Plow crews have reached Logan Pass, but they still have to punch through the Big Drift and [...]
Jul 01 2011
Here’s the meat of today’s “weekend update” from Glacier National Park . . . Park Officials announce the Going-to-the-Sun Road Transit System will begin operation on July 1 through September 2, 2011. Limited shuttle routes, stops and times are offered. Additional openings for the holiday weekend are horse rides at the Lake McDonald Corral and [...]
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
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 18 2011
Crews plowing Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier Park are getting close to the top, but are encountering the deepest snow. The Daily Inter Lake has the story . . . Yellow bulldozers and rotary plows have been breaking trail on Glacier National Park’s Going to the Sun Road but an historic snowpack has delayed the road’s [...]
Jun 11 2011
From the Glacier Park weekend update . . . Park Officials announced the opening of more services and roads for the summer season. Currently, there are over 90 miles of road open within Glacier National Park which access all areas of the park, with more services opening every week. The road into Cutbank Creek opened [...]
May 21 2011
Glacier National Park dug out some more last week. On the North Fork side, for anyone willing to brave the road, the Bowman Lake Road and campground are open (no potable water yet). Also, the inside North Fork Road is now open as far south as Logging Creek. Lake McDonald Lodge opens today and Glacier [...]
May 14 2011
Glacier National Park is making steady progress with snow removal, but this year’s substantial snowpack and the continuing avalanche danger are limiting road openings. On the North Fork side, the Camas Road is open, as is the Inside North Fork Road from the ranger station to Big Prairie. All other roads are officially closed to [...]
Apr 06 2011
They’re starting to move snow in Glacier National Park and they have plenty extra this year. Don’t expect Logan Pass access before mid-June at best and, as usual, they are letting Camas and the inside North Fork Road melt out on their own. Read the press release for all the gory details . . . [...]
Mar 10 2011
This week, Larry Wilson talks about the higher than normal snowpack on the North Fork and the possible consequences when it starts to thaw . . . I doubt if anyone on the North Fork is unhappy to see the end of February 2011. In the last two weeks nearly 36 inches of snow fell [...]
