We are among the lucky who happen to live in the Flathead Valley, near Glacier National Park. Over the years we have been able to enjoy many visits to this wonderful preservation of natural beauty. In 2007 a decision was made to rebuild the ‘Going to the Sun’ road from Apgar to St. Mary’s visitor center. At that time a free shuttle system was put into service, and I was privileged to be accepted as a driver. Since that time I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing the features and stories of Glacier Park with hundreds of visitors from all around the world, as the ride along on the shuttle bus to Logan pass and back. This past Summer I have enjoyed seeing 'Mother Moose and baby’, Whitetail bucks, Hoary marmots, Billy goats, Nanny goats, baby goats, Big Horn Sheep, and a huge Grizzly, along with the glorious mountain peaks and valleys that we passed as we drove the Going to the Sun road. Glacier Park is really a treasure, and thank goodness someone had the foresight to protect it as a National Park, and to construct a road in 1932 that allows millions of visitors to enjoy it.
Sincerely,
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park preserves more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows and lakes with habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal life.
State(s): Montana
Established: 1910
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
Family gatherings at Apgar since 1950s. My Dad’s favorite place to take us. We all have kept this tradition alive and will keep in our family generations to come.
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
I got to go to Glacier on a field trip for my Natural Resource Conservation class as a junior in high school. We spoke to some conservationists and did some activities like planting young trees and shrubs, as well as learning how to count and observe vegetation. It was an…
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