Slow going as crews work to clear snow on Sun Road

07/02/11 WEST GLACIER - A twisting helix of snow arcs high into the sky above Glacier National Park and briefly obscures the dark features of iconic mountain peaks before scattering its frozen contents into the great white abyss below. Amid the swirling tempest, a fleet of safety-yellow rotary plows, excavators and bulldozers - cast in sharp relief against the pale, towering drifts - hew and chew their ...

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Aggressive mountain lion confronts hikers on Montana trails

06/30/11 WEST GLACIER, Mont. - Glacier National Park officials warned visitors Wednesday of aggressive behavior by a mountain lion recently along popular hiking trails in the Upper McDonald Creek Valley.

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Yesterdays

07/19/11 Deer of the year in Glacier National Park is Fanny, a mule doe, who frequented Going-to-the-Sun Road along Lake McDonald. Fanny prefered chewing on bushes and grass to visitor handouts. She kept twin fawns well hidden. This July 30, 1962, visitor was Peder Pedersen, Eau Claire, Wis.

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