Segment of Inside North Fork Road Anticipated to Open

Segment of Inside North Fork Road Anticipated to Open

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Aug. 8, 2012. It is reproduced in full below.

WEST GLACIER, MT. - Approximately six miles of the Inside North Fork Road between Fish Creek Campground and Camas Creek Bridge is anticipated to open this weekend. Glacier National Park road crews are currently completing temporary repairs, including grading of the area and laying surface gravel to improve road conditions after continuous flooding. The section of the road between Polebridge and Logging Creek opened in May of this year to vehicle travel.

The road will remain closed between Camas Creek Bridge and Logging Creek due to flooding and road washout. Road crews will focus work near the Anaconda Creek and Logging Creek areas over the next few weeks. The entire length of the Inside North Fork Road may open later this season, dependent upon scope of damage found and resources needed to ensure vehicle travel can occur safely.

The Inside North Fork Road is a 28-mile narrow, gravel road between the Fish Creek Campground and Polebridge. Use of recreational, towed, and low-clearance vehicles is strongly discouraged on the road.

For more information on the current status of roads within the park visit, https://www.nps.gov/applications/glac/roadstatus/roadstatus.cfm or call 406-888-7800.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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