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UPDATE: Portion Of Going-to-the-Sun Road At Glacier National Park Closed By Mudslides

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 18, 2012 - 4:56pm
Glacier National Park officials are predicting that the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road, which was buried in places by a number of mud-and-rock slides on Tuesday, will be open for end-to-end travel by Thursday evening.

About 10 Vehicles Trapped In Slides On Going-to-the-Sun Road In Glacier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 17, 2012 - 7:07pm
A heavy downpour Tuesday triggered some mud and rock slides along the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, trapping about 10 vehicles and requiring at least one visitor to be taken to a hospital.

About 10 Vehicles Trapped In Slides On Going-to-the-Sun Road In Glacier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 17, 2012 - 7:07pm
A heavy downpour Tuesday triggered some mud and rock slides along the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, trapping about 10 vehicles and requiring at least one visitor to be taken to a hospital.

Work Continues On Many Glacier Hotel Renovations In Glacier National Park

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 17, 2012 - 1:58am
Progress is being made on the latest phase of renovations to the Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park, though it still will be some years before the entire hotel has been brought up to code.

Exploring Glacier National Park With Insider Tips From The Glacier Fund

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 15, 2012 - 1:28am
Tucked far north in Montana, hard against the Canadian border, Glacier National Park is a rumpled and craggy masterpiece. Within the park’s 1 million acres rise rustling aspen glades, stands of an unusual evergreen—larch—that loses its needles in winter, even a temperate rainforest of Pacific red cedars, hemlocks and Pacific yew. This is the kingdom of grizzlies and wolves, wolverines and lynx, species that for many exist only in books, magazines, and nature documentaries.

Reader Participation Day: Will Record Heat And Major Wildfires Change Your Vacation Plans?

Submitted by Jim Burnett on July 11, 2012 - 1:59am
We're just entering the peak of the summer vacation season, but 2012 has already set some unwelcome records, including destructive wildfires and all-time high temperatures in many states. Will you alter your summer vacation plans based this year's heat and fires? If so, what changes will you make?

The Glacier Fund: Supporting The Crown Of The Continent

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 11, 2012 - 1:53am
From introducing school children to nature and underwriting wildlife research, the Glacier Fund is at work daily on helping the National Park Service meet the needs of Glacier National Park.

Friends Groups Are Essential To Our National Parks—Peter Greenberg's Interview With the Traveler's Travel Editor Randy Johnson

Submitted by Randy Johnson on July 9, 2012 - 1:30am
Peter Greenberg, travel editor for CBS News, featured the Traveler's well-received Essential Friends magazine on his Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio show in late June. Listen to Peter's six-minute interview with the Traveler's Travel Editor Randy Johnson.

Great Way To Cool Off And Benefit The Glacier National Park Fund

Submitted by NPT Staff on July 2, 2012 - 1:21am
If you find yourself in Glacier National Park in mid-July, and need to cool off, you can accomplish that and benefit the Glacier National Park Fund by joining a rafting trip on the Flathead River.

Reader Participation Day: Given A Choice, Which State Would You Visit To Tour Its National Parks?

Submitted by NPT Staff on June 20, 2012 - 1:16am
If you could visit only one state to tour its national parks, which state would it be? Would you head to Utah with its five "national parks," to California with its eight "national parks" and handful of other designated park units, or choose Maine with its one national park (Acadia), a stretch of Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and lone international historic site?