East Side Update: March 2019 Edition

Wherein we illustrate winter’s slow and intermittent retreat from our perch above the St. Mary Valley

Sanford StoneMarch 31, 2019glacier national park, blog, east side, blackfeet, st mary, babb, waterton, duck lake, hiking, xc skiing, skiing, campground, going to the sun road, ice fishing Comment

Art on the East Side of Glacier National Park

The Blackfeet Reservation and its neighboring areas of Glacier National Park and Glacier County offer a deep well of inspiration to local and visiting artists.

Claire StoneMarch 7, 2019glacier national park, east side glacier, east glacier, browning, st. mary, babb, blackfeet reservation, public art, sculpture, art gallery, art museum, art, park cabin co Comments

East Side Update, February 2019 Edition

Photos and Intel from the east side of Glacier National Park during the quiet and frigid and beautiful month of February.

Sanford StoneFebruary 15, 2019Glacier, Park, Bloc, National, Glacier National Park, lodging, cabin, cabins, hotel, east side, St. Mary, Babb, Park Cabin Co, Many Glacier, Cut Bank, update

The Inimitable Life and Death of Joe Cosley

The high crimes, misdemeanors, and epic adventures of the Belly River’s renowned first Ranger.

Sanford StoneJanuary 31, 2019Glacier National Park, Joe Cosley, History, Cabins Near Glacier, Waterton, Babb, St. Mary, trapping, fur, Ahern, Belly River, Glacier Park Blog, Blog Comments

Update from the East Side: Government Shut-Down Edition

A brief dispatch regarding the St. Mary area during the turmoil of the government shutdown.

Sanford StoneJanuary 11, 2019

The Drowned Town of Altyn

This is the tale of the mining boomtown of Altyn, now resting in its shallow grave along the shallows of Cracker Flats near the Many Glacier Hotel.

Sanford StoneJanuary 8, 2019 Comments

Stay With Me Through September

Much to the chagrin of many of our guests, the vast majority of high-country cows, and nearly every newly-in-love twenty-something in the St. Mary Valley- Summer doesn't last.