Huckleberry Haven

11/17/2021

The magic of our Montana locals. 📷: IG user bradshuu |

Keep wildlife wild. It’s recommended to stay at least 25 yards away from elk or bison and 100 yards away from bears and moose.

Please don’t feed the wildlife.

Bring your binoculars and utilize observation areas to view the wildlife.

10/30/2021

10/12/2021

😊Good Morning !!
A grizzly bear wanders through the St. Mary Valley looking for the last remaining berries of the season in Glacier National Park.

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10/10/2021

Glacier National Park "I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

10/10/2021

10/06/2021

😊Good Morning !!
Fall color along the southern border of Glacier Park and the Middle Fork of the Flathead River.

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09/26/2021

09/17/2021

Ever wonder what the Many Glacier valley looked like before the hotel and other buildings were constructed? This photo taken by Fred Kiser around 1911 gives us some idea.

Construction on the Many Glacier Hotel began in 1914, but before that there was a small mining boom in the area that peaked around 1898-1900. Tales of great mineral wealth in the Swiftcurrent Valley had attracted a flurry of miners and settlers searching for copper, oil, and other minerals, but little to nothing of these were ever found and most claims, but for a few holdouts, lay abandoned by 1903.

After Glacier National Park was established in 1910, the Great Northern Railway started building visitor accommodations along Swiftcurrent Lake in the form of teepee camps and smaller chalets, followed by the opening of the Many Glacier Hotel in 1915. As a result, the surrounding mountains, such as Mt. Gould and Grinnell Point (shown here), look down on a different landscape today than they did in 1911.

09/13/2021

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Have you ever worn a uniform?

For NPS Fashion Week, we're turning our attention to the iconic Ranger uniform!

Designed 100 years ago, the Ranger uniform has remained largely unchanged ever since (for men, at least). Women in the NPS have encountered varying uniform expectations, including skirts, pumps, and a lack of a "stetson" hat requirement.

No matter which NPS site you visit, you'll always see the uniform. Flat hats and pleated pants, an enduring tradition brought to life each day by park staff—although sometimes "tradition" doesn't keep up with the latest breathable fabrics and modern materials.

To learn more about the history of the now-iconic ranger uniform, visit the NPS' Uniform Collection online, here: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/nps-uniform-collection.htm

09/11/2021

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It's been 20 years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. In states across the country, we remember those we lost.

On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the U.S. came under attack when four commercial airliners were hijacked and used to strike targets on the ground. Nearly 3,000 people tragically lost their lives. Because of the actions of the 40 passengers and crew aboard one of the planes, Flight 93, the attack on the U.S. Capitol was thwarted.

At the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, the Tower of Voices serves as both a visual and audible reminder of the heroism of the forty passengers and crew of United Flight 93.

Photo of the Tower of Voices by the National Park Service.

09/09/2021

We are the official fundraising partner for Glacier National Park With your support, we provide funding for vital projects and programs that preserve and protect the park.

09/06/2021

This place is pretty cool...

09/06/2021

Happy Labor Day!⁣
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Glacier is a place where many come to get away from work—but this park depends on the labor of countless volunteers, staff, park partners, community members, and visitors.⁣
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Clearing trails, offering guided hikes, studying wildlife, fixing leaky pipes, surveying archaeological sites, responding to emergencies, running campgrounds, protecting native plants, serving meals, driving shuttles… it’s a lot of work!⁣
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To everyone who works to protect Glacier: thank you, and happy

09/05/2021

08/22/2021

Glacier National Park is a hiker’s paradise! With over 700 miles of hiking trails to choose from, there’s something for everyone. What’s your favorite type of landscape to explore on hikes? Lush, temperate forests on the west side of the park? Aspen parklands and craggy cliffs on the east? Scenic lakes, streams, and waterfalls? Or perhaps high alpine meadows and talus slopes at the crest of the mountains?

When planning your next hiking adventure here, check out our internet resources. Day hike information for each area can be found on the park’s website using the Area Trail Maps links: https://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/hikingthetrails.htm. Keep in mind that the distances specified are one-way, so the entire length of your out-and-back hike will be twice the mileage listed.

Please be safe while you explore Glacier’s many day hikes. Carry food, water, bear spray, rain gear, extra layers, and a first aid kit. Several short videos on our website can help you learn more about staying safe while hiking: https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/photosmultimedia/dayhikesafety.htm.

Happy trails!

08/20/2021

This morning over the Flathead in B&W.
8.19.2021

08/16/2021

Two Medicine Lake,Montana-USA.

08/14/2021

Watch as Bill explains the basics of using bear spray and gives some very helpful tips to use while outdoors.

08/11/2021

We love and are thankful for our firefighters 💚

08/08/2021

Millions of visitors from across the world travel to Glacier National Park for its amazing scenery and wildlife each year. Yes, millions! You’ve likely heard about how busy the park has become recently, but how do these high visitation rates impact your trip?

Several places in the park fill up with cars every morning during the summer months. The earliest parking lots to fill are Logan Pass and Avalanche Creek. Areas with limited vehicle carrying capacity, like Two Medicine, Many Glacier, and Bowman and Kintla Lakes, also fill to overflowing most mornings, leading rangers to restrict inbound traffic at these entrances during the middle part of the day to avoid unsafe gridlock situations.

The park maintains a website, the Recreation Access Display (RAD), that reflects current campground and parking capacities: https://www.nps.gov/applications/glac/dashboard/
It allows you to see which campgrounds and parking areas are full and what time they filled the previous day, as well as which areas are restricting traffic due to congestion.

There is also a park shuttle service to help visitors avoid the frustration that results from such vehicle overcrowding and congestion. Reservations for shuttle tickets can be made on the recreation.gov website: https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/facility/10087424.

Visitors simply interested in driving, sightseeing, or short hikes, as opposed to longer hikes that take most of the day, may find the park to be less congested in the late afternoon and evening hours.

08/07/2021

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The valleys should get rain and the high peaks of Glacier National Park could see a couple of inches of now over the weekend as a cold front drops down out of Canada Saturday night through Sunday into Monday, the National Weather Service is predicting.

08/05/2021

"Today, for the first time in my life, I have seen Glacier Park. Perhaps I can best express to you my thrill and delight by saying that I wish every American, old and young, could have been with me today. The great mountains, the glaciers, the lakes and the trees make me long to stay here for all the rest of the summer." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt

87 years ago today, on August 5, 1934, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt had a whirlwind visit to Glacier as part of a tour of the West that summer. After arriving in West Glacier in the morning via private train car, their party rode over the newly constructed Going-to-the-Sun Road in special red Cadillacs that were built in the 1920s for transporting VIPs in the park. The party made stops at Logan Pass and Civilian Conservation Corps Camp #11 in St. Mary before heading up to the Many Glacier Hotel for lunch.

They then went south to Two Medicine, where a CCC chorus sang several songs and a group of Blackfeet performed traditional dances. The Blackfeet inducted both Franklin and Eleanor into the tribe and gave them the names “Lone Chief” and “Medicine Pipe Woman.”

That evening, from the Two Medicine Chalets, FDR delivered one of his fireside chats to the nation over the radio. The First Family then headed to East Glacier, where they met their train to head to their next stop, the Fort Peck Dam.

In this photo, taken near Logan Pass, FDR sits in the rear of the car on the passenger side, looking away from the camera. The Garden Wall and Bishop’s Cap can be seen in the background. You can read FDR’s radio address delivered from Two Medicine here: https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/historyculture/fdr-radio-address.htm

08/03/2021

A view from the thick of things. Please pray for rain for Montana!

08/01/2021

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MOOSE IN CRACKER LAKE, GLACIER PARK.
Yesterday we enjoyed spending time at Cracker Lake in the Many Glacier Area of Glacier Park. As you can see in this photo, this amazing glacial lake is such an incredibly vivid turquoise color that it doesn't look real. We were enjoying our lunch when this handsome bull moose entered the water on the opposite shore a very long ways away. We gave it our best try to capture this unique moment. Have you been to Cracker Lake?
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07/24/2021

Good Morning from Montana! Wild flowers at Glacier National Park. "Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." ~ Luther Burbank