Glacier National Park Chat

Interesting article in the Washington Post about the 1967 bear incidents and how they changed the way bears are managed in the parks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/08/03/the-true-story-of-two-fatal-grizzly-bear-attacks-that-changed-our-relationship-with-wildlife/?utm_term=.44c...

I always try to leave my car at the end point of our hike whenever possible, one less thing to worry about after a long trek in the backcountry.... A few years ago my wife and I left our car at Chief Mountain, went through customs, and walked across the border where we had and arranged for a shuttle...

I hate these guys more and more every day.

This is a great article that summarizes the kind of disrespectful, ignorant (insert several expletive's) these guys really are...

Now folks have started an online petition to pull their corporate sponsorship at change.org, here is the link if you want to sign it... https://www.change.org/p/bud-light-pull-corporate-sponsorship-for-the-guys-who-left-the-path-at-yellowstone-national-park I think I need to get some corporate spons...

Man, this is becoming a daily occurrence... My Google News feed keeps alerting me to these stories (since I keep opening them). I think the water is around 160 degrees, somehow they avoided the soothing 3rd degree burns... http://yellowstoneinsider.com/2016/05/16/men-photographed-taped-walking-on-gr...

Update to the story, they had to euthanize the bison... http://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/05/park-service-bison-calf-dead-after-tourists-put-it-in-vehicle/ Unfortunately the tourists are still at large. Be on the look out for a Toyota Sequoia. It is more than likely stopped in the middle of the road...

Shaping up to be a great season in Yellowstone...

http://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/05/ye ... their-car/

I do not understand how people can be so stupid.
If you are dumb enough to pet a wild bison, how have you managed to survive this long?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/20/ye ... iving.html

I have gotten numerous walk-in permits for trips that have been "book-ended" with hotel reservations. All of those trips were in August, and all of them worked out for me. You can almost always get a decent walk-in permit if you are flexible and accept the fact that your itinerary may not ...

I read a few articles different about the Lake Trout suppression efforts in Quartz Lake and Logging Lake as well. It sounds like the efforts in Quartz Lake are working well. Here is a more recent one: http://m.flatheadnewsgroup.com/hungryhorsenews/park-biologists-say-they-re-winning-the-lake-trout-w...

Heard this story on NPR today...

FWIW, another article mentioned he was hiking off trial near Mt. Henkel...
http://www.krtv.com/story/30156623/hike ... ional-park

I always figured Grizzlies didn't like Packer fans...

Sounds like the hiker is going to be fine, since they drove themselves to the hospital... http://m.channel3000.com/news/bear-injures-wisconsin-hiker-in-glacier-national-park/35585516 Not to speculate too much, but on my recent 6 day trek I encountered a number of very quiet solo hikers in the back c...

This was the 5th backcountry trip to GNP for me and my wife. Prior to this year every trip had always been in early to mid August. I had always wanted to go in September, but work always got in the way. When my wife and I first went to Glacier over 15 years ago (before we were married), she was work...

I hiked through the tunnel monday 9/14, there was really no snow to speak of on the trail other than a couple of tiny drifts on the Elizabeth lake side. I also went through Stoney up along the highline and back down through Swiftcurrent and all were snow free (I hiked out today). Of course that coul...