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The National Park Service is offering free admission Tuesday to more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees. The fee-free day marks the first day of summer on June 21.
Other fee-free days remaining this year are Sept. 24, which is called Public Lands Day, and Nov. 11-13, Veterans Day weekend.
A complete list of national parks covered by the free entrance offer can be found at http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparksbystate.htm. The list includes many of the system’s best-known parks, such as Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yosemite and Muir Woods in California, Rocky Mountain in Colorado, Everglades in Florida, Yellowstone and Grand Teton in Wyoming, Acadia in Maine, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, Arches, Bryce and Zion in Utah, and Shenandoah in Virginia.
Some park concessions offer deals on fee-free days. For the first day of summer, Swan Mountain Outfitters at Glacier National Park in Montana is offering $5 off standard trail rates for kids riding with a full-paying adult, $5 off per rider on groups of six or more, and $5 off for Montana residents. Details at http://www.parkpartners.org/Special-Offers-for-2011.html .
Glacier National Park
Three Glacier National Park campgrounds will have delayed openings because of lingering snows. The Many Glacier, Two Medicine and Cutbank campground openings will be delayed until at least June 17, park officials said last week.
Snow persists at those east side sites, but there are still plenty of places to camp. The Fish Creek and Rising Sun campgrounds are now open, as are Sprague Creek and Apgar, the Hungry Horse News, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, reported.
The weather has made it a tough go for crews plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road. More than 2 1/2 feet of snow fell last week in the starting zones of avalanche paths along the Sun Road. In order to access their work site, crews replowed the slide paths, where they encountered debris piles up to 10 feet deep. Crews have completed initial plowing through Haystack Creek and are continuing towards the Alps, three and a half miles beyond the Loop.
On the east side, crews have completed initial plowing through Siyeh Bend and are continuing to No Stump Point, approximately one mile beyond Siyeh Bend.
Hikers and bikers should take caution when traveling across avalanche paths and not linger in them. The Sun Road is open to vehicles to Avalanche Campground on the west side and Jackson Glacier Overlook on the east side. Hikers and bikers can go as far as Packer’s Roost on Saturday. There are no restrictions on Sunday.
All other Park roads are open except for the Inside North Fork Road between Polebridge and Fish Creek.
This week, more rain is expected and there could be some flooding, as a record snowpack is starting to melt, even at higher elevations.
Near-record snowpack in Glacier National Park is delaying the opening of eastside campgrounds one to two weeks past Memorial Day, park officials announced this week.
The delays in the campground openings were announced to inform visitors that winter remains in Glacier even if the calendar says it’s May.
Many Glacier, Cut Bank and Two Medicine campgrounds are tentatively scheduled to open June 10, while Rising Sun campground is set to open June 3. The campgrounds typically open Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day is May 30. “That’s all really going to depend on weather,” said a park official.
A storm on Friday dropped 12 to 18 inches of snow at higher elevations in the park.
The opening of Swift Current Motor Inn also will be delayed from June 3 to June 10.
St. Mary Campground is open year round.
Many Glacier Road, which can be clear as soon as the third Saturday in April in some years, remains closed to the public. The drifts on that road are so large on some stretches that it’s similar to driving through a tunnel, Blickhan said.
Many Glacier Hotel is scheduled to open on time, on June 17.
Campgrounds on the west side of the park will open on time, Blickhan said.
Winter lingering into May and even June isn’t uncommon in the high country of Glacier Park, but this year stands out for the depth of snowpack and even the amount of snow at lower elevations.
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