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Employee Feature: Braylin
A Soggy Backpacking Debut By Braylin Ludwig When I moved to Glacier National Park for the summer, I had only been camping once and had never backpacked. There was a wide range of experience levels among my new friends, so a backpacking group made up of three...
Rock Stars: Tracking Glacier’s Pikas
Photo: Jeff JonesThe American Pika (Ochotona princeps) may be small and elusive, but this adorable mammal is an important part of mountain ecosystems in Glacier. They don’t hibernate during winter, so they have thick, warm fur — the tradeoff being that they’re quite...
The Best Rescues Never Happen: A Day With Glacier’s PSAR Rangers
On a Wednesday morning in July on the Hidden Lake Trail, a ranger in green and gray hikes up the boardwalk, stopping to talk with nearly everyone headed up from Logan Pass. What are your plans for the day? How much water do you have? Are you carrying bear spray? The...
Ask a Ranger: Interpretation in Glacier National Park
Ask a ranger at Logan Pass where the restrooms are, and you will get an answer. Ask what habitat bears use or whether the Hidden Lake Trail is a good idea today, and you might just get a new perspective. That second kind of exchange has a name inside the National Park...
Raising The Roof: Glacier’s School-To-Park Program
During the winter of 2018, storms brought the snowiest winter in nearly 50 years to Glacier, and the Granite Park Trails Cabin was destroyed by snow creep. The cabin, historically located just below the Granite Park Chalet, serves as a vital hub for every aspect of...
The High Country Count: Tracking Glacier’s Mountain Goats
A mountain goat on the cliffs is one of the most iconic sights in Glacier. What many people don’t realize is despite being a North American alpine species, mountain goats are extremely sensitive to a warming climate. They are high-elevation animals with little room to...
Introducing Tagen Vine
The Glacier National Park Conservancy is pleased to announce the appointment of Tagen Vine as its next leader, effective later this spring. Tagen succeeds Doug Mitchell, who is retiring after nine years of dedicated service to the Conservancy. Tagen brings over three...
Learning to Count Harlequin Ducks
A flourishing ecosystem allows diverse wildlife to thrive within Glacier National Park. Glacier’s pristine mountain streams are the ideal breeding habitat for harlequin ducks, a waterbird that thrives in fast-flowing, cold streams where they breed and raise their...
Preserving Glacier’s Night Sky
Glacier National Park is known for its dramatic peaks and pristine alpine lakes, but once the sun sets, the park reveals an entirely different type of beauty: a clear dark sky. Glacier is one of the few places left in the United States where you can witness the...
Employee Feature: Mallory
Oberlin sunsetBy Mallory Ignasiak If there’s one person I should thank for pushing me to come to Glacier, it would have to be my dad. When I told him that I was interested in trying seasonal work, right away, he mentioned how magical Glacier National Park was...
Employee Feature: Michelle
By Michelle Lukach It’s May. I’m packing up my car for the road trip from New Jersey to West Glacier, Montana. I am buzzing with excitement and anticipation for the season to come. I have a long drive ahead of me, but not without a few sightseeing stops along the way....
Employee Feature: Christa
By Christa Heffern It all started in 2021 when I visited Glacier National Park with my sister for a much needed trip to the mountains. I had no idea how important that trip would be or how much it would change me. Something would spark inside me that would alter the...