The Empire Builder passes through Montana from Browning to Wolf Point before heading on to North Dakota passing Whitefish and Glacier National Park. Now, Amtrak is using that route to debut new cleaner, faster and more fuel-efficient locomotives. Right now, though, there are only four of the new Chargers operating on the Empire Builder, which ...
Glacier National Park Moving Forward With New Telecommunications
The National Park Service has approved Glacier National Park’s Comprehensive Telecommunications Plan. It will allow a flexible response to changing communication needs and advances in technology including upgrading to new technologies and or removing unnecessary park telecommunications infrastructure if needed. https://northernbroadcasting.co...
Funding for North Fork Road Maintenance Approved
After a year-long pushback due to funding issues, the a multijurisdictional maintenance project aimed at improving several miles of the North Fork Road is set to move forward, according to Flathead County Public Works Director Dave Prunty. The U.S. Forest Service Committed $126,000, Glacier Park kicked in $15,000, the border patrol pledged $10...
Glacier National Park To Consider Ticketing System For Future Seasons
Glacier National Park reports another busy year with 2,354,475 visitors through August. Visitation parkwide year-to-date through August was 3.8% lower than in 2019. A pilot ticketing system was implemented on Going-to-the Sun Road for the 2021 season to help manage high traffic volumes and park officials will use the information gathered to de...
FWP Reports Big Increases In Park Visitation
The Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks says in a new report Montana’s state parks recorded more than 1.57 million visitors in the first half of 2021 an 11% increase over the same period last year and a 44% increase over the same period in 2019. Twenty-seven of the 45 state parks that were open from the start of Janu...
Tourist Destinations Across Montana Ready For Summer Influx
Millions of people will head to Glacier National Park this summer after last year’s pandemic caused tourism declines and they will once more be able sightsee and camp nearby on the recently reopened Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The tourists’ return is a relief to the owners of the restaurants campgrounds and hotels forced to shut down last su...
Glacier National Park Visitors Avoiding New Ticket System
Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana on the Canada border had almost 300,000 visits through May the highest year-to-date number on record. The Park is seeing more visitors showing up early in the morning and evening when the park’s new ticketed entry system is not in effect. Glacier administrators say people who arrive at the pa...
Glacier National Park Revises Ticket System Announcement
Glacier National Park officials have clarified an upcoming ticketed entry system for Going-to-the-Sun Road this summer. They first proposed visitors validate their seven-day tickets on the first day in an effort to manage congestion and avoid potential closures because of the pandemic and road construction but have since removed the requiremen...