Glacier National Park News

I once stopped my car, got out, and ate a sandwich in the middle of Route 66. The road stretched like a ribbon, waving into a thermal mirage on the horizon.

Todd Klassy is a kick-ass photographer in Havre, and also has writing chops - check out his recent piece called " 7 Misconceptions About Montana ."

One of the last truly great estates of the Old West, Dream Island is a well-known historic property once owned by the esteemed Daly Family.

A Pineapple express - a warm and wet weather system that transports warm and wet air from the Hawaiian Pacific via jet stream - has led to a day-long closure of the Trans-Canada through Glacier National Park.

Glacier National Park in Montana offers winter snowshoe walks from January through March every weekend.

An artist reception will be held on Sunday, March 9 from 1-4 p.m at the cozy gallery in historic Georgetown.

That booming sound you hear near the southern boundary of Glacier National Park could be from avalanche control work above the tracks of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks.

Glacier National Park and the Glacier National Park Conservancy are accepting art submissions from sixth through twelfth grade students for the annual park pass artwork contest.

For the second time in a week, BNSF Railway's main line across northwestern Montana is closed after several avalanches came down on the tracks between Essex and Marias Pass.

Portions of the Trans-Canada Highway in Glacier National Park are closed until 8 p.m. on Mar. 5 due to avalanche control and clean up.

An avalanche near Glacier National Park in Montana has led to disruptions on Amtrak's Empire Builder train, which runs through Pasco.

With a simple voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation to set aside 32,500 acres of official wilderness at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , and to further protect Glacier National Park from oil and gas exploration.

When you think about it, a family vacation by train is a no-brainer. Plane travel is getting more expensive -- and less pleasant -- by the day.

A missing Butte woman was found dead by police Sunday morning near the National Center of Appropriate Technology .

The recent winter storm continues to affect travel in western Montana. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliardi says the railroad is busing passengers around an avalanche that blocked the BNSF Railway tracks south of Glacier National Park on Sunday.

Editor's note: In 2014 Montana celebrates 150 years as a territory and 125 years as a state.

The Continental Divide Trail provides a 3,100-mile scenic backdrop - from the mountain lakes and grizzly bears of Glacier National Park to the crimson sunsets and lava flows of El Malpais National Monument.

Park officials are proposing to replace the historic Swiftcurrent Bridge near the Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park.

The University of Montana, all Missoula County public schools and many other western Montana schools are closed Friday based on the weather and the forecast that includes a blizzard warning stretching from Glacier National Park to south of Hamilton.

Last Thursday OnEarth published the kind of piece that harkens back to the old days of legacy journalism.