Participants in the Going-to-the-Sun Day Program will get a naturalist-led hike and interpretations at the park’s popular destinations. “We fully recognize a lot of people are just coming for the ride, but we get to accomplish our mission of getting people to fall in love with the park.” “They get the complete Going-to-the-Sun tour,” Glacier Institute Director Anthony Nelson said. The course acts as a Going-to-the-Sun Road ticket, and participants only need a regular park pass. New in July, the program offers educational hikes and can shuttle 70 passengers per day using five 14-passenger buses leaving from Columbia Falls. "To address transportation and ticketing issues while simultaneously offering guided hikes, the Glacier Institute is taking enrollment for its Going-to-the-Sun Road Day Program. The article copied below, was written by Maggie Dresser and was published in the Glacier Journal on July 9th. It is one more way to gain a day ticket to use the Going to the Sun Road. The second Item is a brand new program offered by the Glacier Institute. Not everyone reads the forums or goes on line when they have visited Glacier for a lifetime before. Many have indeed planned trips like they normally do and have arrived to be blindsided by the ticketing mandates for both the Sun Road and the once-free Shuttles. It actually forces people to go elsewhere. It's a new phenomena which is a direct result of the new "ticketing mandate" that limits traffic on the Going to the Sun Road. It discusses the Polebridge/Northfork area and the extreme crowding up there. Today's first news Item is one of great interest to both locals and visitors. So I thought it would be worthwhile to begin one again. The fire has turned and is running hard, according to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell.I started a similar thread last year and it was quite popular. People also can request Red Cross services by calling 80.Īt approximately 2 p.m., Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 7 recommended the evacuation of the Lake Mary Ronan corridor to Lake County Sheriff's Office.įire managers are working with the Montana Department of Transportation on the use of pilot cars on Highway 93 between Elmo to Rollins due to poor visibility. The Red Cross set up a shelter at Polson High School, 1712 2nd St. Sheriff Don Bell tells MTN News contributor Maritsa Georgiou the fire is within 200 feet of Highway 93. It's unknown how long the road closure will be in place. The Montana Department of Transportation reports Highway 93 is closed from Elmo to Dayton due to fire activity in the area. "We want people to be safe out there and make sure they're safe with their outdoors and recreating," he said. Ignatius, it's about an acre in size and not threatening any structures.Ĭamel, however, had a message for the public. Camel with CSKT Division of Fire told MTN the Red Horn Fire is high in the Missions. On Monday night, a lightning holdover in the Mission Mountains started a new fire.Ĭ.T. "Again, there are more resources rolling in throughout the day so that number will climb up tomorrow morning." "Yesterday evening we had 293 people," she said. "This afternoon we had some winds come out of the west pushing the fire east and northeast from what we saw yesterday, and along with those winds we were unable to have our aircraft up at that time so it just sort of created this perfect culmination for some pretty active fire."įire crews are attacking the fire's edge, Rouse said, utilizing aircraft as the number of personnel working the fire continues to grow. With winds driving the fire, Northern Rockies Team 7 public information officer, Sara Rouse, says conditions changed rapidly Monday. The smoke from the fast-moving Elmo Fire forced officials to close the section of Highway 93 between Elmo and Dayton.īell was urging drivers to use Highway 35 on the eastern side of Flathead Lake instead. You can call 80 to request their services. "The houses in the fire line, where the fire is running, those folks are all evacuated," he said.Įmergency shelters for evacuees have been set up at Polson High School and Somers Middle School. The evacuation notices include the Lake Mary Ronan corridor and Chief Cliff Estates near Black Lake Road with Sheriff Bell noting that area was in the most danger. The blaze - which started Friday evening and has burned thousands of acres north of Highway 28 between Elmo and Hot Springs - forced dozens more to evacuate Monday, destroyed one structure, and shut down a portion of US Highway 93. That's what Lake County Sheriff Don Bell told MTN News Monday afternoon after the Elmo Fire took off near Dayton. ELMO - "The fire has turned and is running hard."
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