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INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK? Legendary Early Rangers “Death-On- The-Trail” Reynolds of Glacier (Left) and “Kootenai” Brown of Waterton Advocated a Unified Park

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INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK? Legendary Early Rangers “Death-On- The-Trail” Reynolds of Glacier (Left) and “Kootenai” Brown of Waterton Advocated a Unified Park Voice of the Glacier Park Foundation ☐ Summer 2007 ☐ Volume XXI, No. 2 Do these tough old hombres look like promoters of an INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK? Legendary early rangers “Death-on- the-Trail” Reynolds of Glacier (left) and “Kootenai” Brown of Waterton advocated a unified park. (see story on p. 10) (photo courtesy of the Glenbow Archives, NA-138-3) Also inside: • Softball in Glacier in the ‘20s and ‘30s • The “Bubble Queens” of the ‘40s • Renovation in the ‘50s • Switchboard Tales of the ‘70s • A Busman’s Holiday • Hiking Boulder Pass • The Red Eagle Fire of 2006 The Inside Trail � Winter 2005 � 1 Inside News of Glacier Park: Reviving the Music at Many Glacier GPF and GPI Team Up to Promote piano, flute and violin, and a variety enade. Donations were encouraged Employee Entertainment of songs and readings (including with watercolor prints signed by original compositions). Each Hoo- GPF member Billie Lott. Many Glacier Hotel’s long tradition tenanny ended with the whole staff of employee entertainment is be- The Foundation’s offer graciously has singing the traditional “Hail to Thee, ing revived, after many seasons of been accepted by GPI’s president, O Many Glacier.” relative dormancy. The Glacier Park Cindy Ognjanov. Many Glacier Foundation (GPF) and Glacier Park, During the winter, the Glacier manager Mena Reilly is supervising Inc. (GPI), the concessionaire, are Park Foundation offered to sponsor this summer’s musical programs. working together on this project. ongoing musical programs at the They include weekly Hootenannies hotel. GPF offered to pay a stipend and other performances by employ- The musical revival began last to a Many Glacier employee who ees. August, with a large reunion of would act as musical director. It also 1970s employees at the hotel. The The Foundation’s Board of Directors offered to pay small stipends (“Tip- reunion included a Hootenanny and will review this “pilot project” after pet Scholarships”) to employees who a Serenade -- two musical programs the season. If it is deemed success- distinguished themselves as perform- that were performed every week in ful, it may be continued in future ers during the 2007 season. the lobby during Ian B. Tippet’s era years with funds from GPF’s Ter- as manager. (See the Winter 2006 The stipends are to be paid from rie Stewart Bequest Fund. GPF is Inside Trail.) generous donations that were made pleased to play this role in the revival to encourage music at Many Glacier of Many Glacier’s longstanding mu- Last summer’s staff at Many Glacier during the 1970s reunion. Some sical tradition. enjoyed the reunion events, and $1,700 was donated by members of began holding Hootenannies of their the audience at the reunion Ser- own. These programs, held every Sunday evening, included guitars, Glacier Park Foundation Officers: P.O. Box 15641 John Hagen, President Minneapolis, MN 55415 Einar Hanson, First Vice President www.glacierparkfoundation.org Carol Dahle, Vice President - Membership Mac Willemssen, Secretary Board of Directors: The Inside Trail takes its name Tessie Bundick, Historian Tessie Bundick Jim Lees, Treasurer from the famous old trail Laura Chihara Rolf Larson, Inside Trail Editor which connected Glacier Janet Eisner Cornish Carol Repulski Dahle Park Lodge with the vanished The Glacier Park Foundation was chalets at Two Medicine, Joyce Daugaard formed by Glacier Park employees Ray Djuff and visitors who have a deep love for Cut Bank, and St. Mary. The Glenn Elvig this special place. The Foundation is name thus emphasizes the commited both to the importance Lee Flath publication’s focus on the David Gilbertson of wilderness preservation and to the importance of places like Glacier lore and history of Glacier John Hagen as classrooms where people can Einar Hanson experience wilderness in intense National Park. We invite Paul Hoff meaningful ways, learning not only a submission of historical, Mark Hufstetler love for the land, but also a respect scientific, or anecdotal ar- Jeff Kuhn that nurtures the skills necessary to preserve that land. The Foundation ticles, commentary, poetry, Linda Young Kuhn has a special interest in Glacier Park’s or artwork for publication in Rolf Larson history, traditions and visitor facilities. Don Loeffler future issues. Leroy Lott Greg Notess Mac Willemssen 2 ☐ Summer 2007 ☐ The Inside Trail Inside News of Glacier Park Going-To-the-Sun Road Update Tons of rock and gravel debris were and Sage Creek initiatives) in Canada Going-to-the-Sun Road opened to washed across the Highline Trail. A during the 1980s. trans-mountain traffic on July 1 (ap- section of the trail about 100 yards long, Very recently, British Petroleum an- parently the latest opening since World below the switchbacks near Haystack nounced another large project. The War II, when the road was not plowed Butte, was buried by landslides from company is studying extraction of due to wartime austerity, and melted Mt. Gould. Another 500 yards of trail natural gas from the Crowsnest coal open in July). This year’s delay was due between Haystack Butte and Granite field in British Columbia. Water would to the repairs required by washouts from Park Chalet was also covered by debris. be pumped from deep underground, the torrential rains of November 2006. One washout in this section, about a relieving pressure in the coal field and quarter mile past the Haystack saddle, releasing the natural gas. The worst flood damage occurred just was 15 feet wide and 15 feet deep. below the East Side tunnel. About 110 Wastewater from the project, laden with feet of road was completely destroyed, as Trails in the Many Glacier area were contaminants, could migrate into the both lanes of the roadbed washed into hard hit. The steep Swiftcurrent Pass North Fork. Environmental groups and the valley. Crews since have installed a trail suffered heavy washout damage (es- government agencies are raising con- temporary steel bridge across this gap. pecially near the Devil’s Elbow), as did cerns about this proposal. The roadbed will be rebuilt underneath the Grinnell Glacier trail. The Josephine it, and the bridge will be removed and Creek bridge was washed off its moor- An International Mountain Rescue the road resurfaced in the fall. ings, but was salvaged and reinstalled. The 75th anniversary of Waterton-Gla- cier International Peace Park was drama- Other washouts along the road have Elsewhere in Glacier, Packer’s Roost was tized recently by a cooperative rescue. A been repaired with riprap and new heavily damaged and was temporarily climber disabled high on Glacier’s Little retaining walls. The Park also has closed as a trailhead. Large trail bridges Chief Mountain was rescued by spe- replaced 15- and 18-inch culverts that were washed away at Reynolds Creek cially-trained Canadian park wardens, washed out during the flood with 48- on the Gunsight Pass trail, at Mineral assisted by American rangers. inch culverts. Creek on the Fifty Mountain trail, and at other points. Bridges and campgrounds The injured climber was Denis Twohig Meanwhile, the Park is pursuing a mas- in the Red Eagle valley were burned in of Whitefish, Montana, a long-time sive 10-year, $170 million reconstruc- last summer’s forest fire, and had to be member of the Glacier Park Founda- tion of the road. To reduce traffic as rebuilt. tion and the Glacier Mountaineering this work proceeds, the Park is offering Society. Twohig, 68, was leading a free shuttle bus service between the new Environmental Threats Proliferate technical climb of the Gendarme, a rock Apgar Transit Center and the St. Mary Recent months have brought sober- formation on the northeast ridge of Visitor Center. ing news of environmental threats to Little Chief, at late afternoon on July 2. Glacier. Coal and petroleum companies On the west side of Logan Pass, 12-pas- While roped up, he suffered a 15-foot seek to start major operations north senger buses run at 15” intervals, stop- fall and was arrested by his partner. of the Park, in the Canadian Flathead ping at several points on the Road. On The partner left Twohig secured on a area. These developments could pollute the east side, larger buses run at 30” in- high ledge and then climbed down the the North Fork of the Flathead River tervals. These optional free shuttle rides mountain alone, reaching Rising Sun (which forms Glacier’s western bound- are projected to keep up to 700 vehicles around 11 PM. ary) and the air above the Park, as well daily of Going-to-the-Sun. In addition, as disrupting wildlife. Glacier Park officials called Parks Cana- the fleet of red “jammer” buses contin- da and requested the help of its highly- ues to run among the Park’s lodges. The Cline Mining Co. seeks to strip trained technical mountain rescue coal from a mountaintop 22 miles from Trail and Bridge Repairs team. The team responded early next Glacier. The mountain lies along Foisey morning. A Parks Canada helicopter The November flood caused extensive Creek, a tributary of the North Fork. “short-hauled” two wardens to Twohig’s damage to Glacier’s backcountry bridges Montana’s governor and Congressional ledge in a sling. The wardens placed and trails. Park Service trail crews and delegation have urged Canadian officials Twohig in the sling, and the helicopter Montana Conservation Corps crews to block the mine’s development. Simi- brought him to the valley floor. have worked very hard this summer lar efforts succeeded in blocking similar making repairs. coal-mining projects (the Coal Creek The Inside Trail ☐ Summer 2007 ☐ 3 The Tour de France I was ready, almost anxious, to give Busman’s Holiday: my first solo tour when the call came.
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