Ticketed Entry to ‘Going-to-the-Sun Road’ Begins at Glacier National Park, MT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Glacier National Park (@glaciernps) Tomorrow, May 28, ticketed entry to Going-to-the-Sun Road begins at Glacier National Park in Montana. To enter Going-to-the-Sun Road between 6:00 am and 5:00 pm, you will need both a Park Pass and an Entry Reservation Ticket (or a reservation for service along GTSR). Related: […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 27, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: May in Glacier National Park, MT | Over a Foot of New Snow For Crews to Clear on Going-to-the-Sun Road Can you guess what month of the year this video was taken? Did you guess Thursday of last week? This was the view at the Big Drift on the 20th. Related: The Monumental Task of Plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT Plow crews working on Going-to-the-Sun Road are no strangers to snow, but this week brought forecasts of […] SnowBrains | May 24, 2021 1 Comment
Rangers Rescue Bikers Trapped by Avalanche on Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, MT On Thursday, May 13, at approximately 6:30 pm, Glacier National Park, MT, rangers responded to a report of bikers trapped behind an avalanche near Triple Arches on Going-to-the-Sun Road. Three bikers, a husband and wife, along with a friend, traveling up the road, encountered an avalanche across the road, turned around, and started back down. Soon after, they encountered a […] Avalanche AvyBrains | May 15, 2021 0 Comments
The Monumental Task of Plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT Every single year since 1933, Glacier National Park has been home to an extraordinary task that must be complete each summer by its park staff and contractors: clearing the Going-to-the-Sun road. If you have not heard of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, it is a 32-mile (51.5km) road that runs through the mountains across Glacier National Park in Montana. The road, which […] Brains Liam Abbott | April 6, 2021 1 Comment
Glacier National Park, MT Losing Ice Fast Glacier National Park, located in Northern Montana along the Canadian border, is losing its namesake feature fast. That’s right, the park’s glaciers have lost nearly 80% of their size in the last 50 years, and the outlook is not promising. Glacier National Park is the 12th largest national park in the United States and is just over 1 million acres. […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | September 22, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Glacier National Park Visits Way Down 2020 Glacier National Park has been busy through the end of summer, although visitor numbers over the summer are way down. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic shut down earlier in the season, it could be the quietest since 2011 at under 2 million visitors. The National Park Service reports even July visitation was low, a 48% drop, with 453,000 visitors […] Rouchelle Gilmore | September 5, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: Hiker’s Tense Stand-Off With Mountain Lion in Glacier National Park Here is my standoff with a mountain lion that happened last summer in Glacier National Park. I did see the abscess when filming it and the first thing I did when I got out of the woods was report it to some rangers. I showed them the video, the abscess, and told them the location where it happened. Related: VIDEO: […] SnowBrains | August 25, 2020 1 Comment
$10,000 Reward Offered for Information About Suspicious Fires Near Glacier National Park, MT Landowners along Glacier National Park’s northern border are offering a $10,000 reward for information about a string of suspected arson fires. Related: Glacier National Park, MT Release Identity of Climber Who Fell 500-Feet to His Death At least eight fires were reported near Glacier National Park’s northwestern entrance on the morning of July 23 in Montana. The first fire was […] Fire Firebrains | August 5, 2020 0 Comments