Glacier National Park Chat

And Teapot, I haven't forgotten about telling the story of the FUN moment of meeting you, and minutes later ScoutMom.

Looking forward to reading it, Pete, and then sharing my side of the story.

Tina

There was a grizzly with cubs at Bullhead Lake when I was there on August 8. If it's the same bear, it's been hanging out there awhile.

I tried emailing the youtube video link to one of the "kids," but email came up invalid. I made quite sure I understood their handwriting. Oh well.. Nice of you to make the effort. Hopefully they will find it here or through a YouTube search. I was at Iceberg Lake on Thursday and there wa...

Waterton Fire is now 100% contained and as of Aug 22, all trail closures associated with the fire are removed:

http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/scond/Cond_E.a ... ark=100429

Pete! Feel better! And if there ever comes another time that I practically walk right into you and greet you like an old friend, it's nice to know that you will know who I am.

Those kids are so stinkin' cute! Looked like Mountain Goat Wrestlemania to me. That must have been so fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.

Tina

Cut my trip a day short due to the smoke/visibility conditions (easy to do when you live 3 1/2 hours away) and drove home this morning. Hit misty rain at Pincher Creek, which gradually got heavier as I drive north. Currently snowing here in Calgary. Hope it moves south and drops some moisture on the...

Today's update from Parks Canada: "The status of the Waterton Lake wildfire is now 'being held'. The fire is 70% contained and given current firefighting resources and the weather forecast, no further fire growth is anticipated. Six crews and two helicopters are actioning the fire today. The Pa...

Wow . . . I will probably never bike the GTTSR, so thanks for sharing the experience! It seems like you were flying.

You are lucky to have these views so close to home!

Updates on the Goat Haunt fire are being provided on the Parks Canada website:

http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/scond/Rec_Rep_ ... ark=100429

The current Air Quality Alert for St. Mary area is "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups": http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MTZ009&warncounty=MTC035&firewxzone=MTZ105&local_place1=11%20Miles%20WNW%20St%20Mary%20MT&product1=Air+Quality+Alert&lat=48.791&lo...

Short piece from the Calgary news:

http://globalnews.ca/news/2167297/offic ... ton-lakes/

The Daw-Pit trail is closed and so is the Cutback campground.

http://home.nps.gov/applications/glac/i ... osures.cfm

Pete, I must have just missed you in Swiftcurrent on Saturday. I saw the man (Glacier Jim) taking down his scope as we were walking back to our cabins from the campstore. I asked him if they had seen anything interesting and he told us they had been looking at the bears. Too bad we didn't cross path...