Caitlyn Florentine

A listener is curious about how glaciers are faring in the south end of the Mission Mountains, those big peaks you can see from Highway 93 on the Flathead Reservation. Learn more about them now, on The Big Why.

Glacier National Park has gone from 146 named glaciers in the mid 19th century to 26 named glaciers today. But despite earlier predictions, they haven't completely disappeared.