Premium Members Get 10% Off and Earn Rewards Find Out More
Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent
Adventures in the wilderness can be dramatic and deadly. Glacier National Park’s death records date back to January 1913, when a man froze to death while snowshoeing between Cut Bank and St. Mary. All told, 260 people have died or are presumed to have died in the park during the first hundred years of its existence. One man fell into a crevasse on East Gunsight Peak while skiing its steep north face, and another died while moonlight biking on the Sun Road. A man left his wife and five children at the Apgar picnic area and disappeared on Lake McDonald. His boat was found halfway up the west shore wedged between rocks with the propeller stuck in gravel. Collected here are some the most gripping accounts in park history of these unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.
1122510494
Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent
Adventures in the wilderness can be dramatic and deadly. Glacier National Park’s death records date back to January 1913, when a man froze to death while snowshoeing between Cut Bank and St. Mary. All told, 260 people have died or are presumed to have died in the park during the first hundred years of its existence. One man fell into a crevasse on East Gunsight Peak while skiing its steep north face, and another died while moonlight biking on the Sun Road. A man left his wife and five children at the Apgar picnic area and disappeared on Lake McDonald. His boat was found halfway up the west shore wedged between rocks with the propeller stuck in gravel. Collected here are some the most gripping accounts in park history of these unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.
16.95 In Stock
Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent

Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent

by Randi Minetor
Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent
Add to Wishlist
Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent

Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent

by Randi Minetor

Overview

Adventures in the wilderness can be dramatic and deadly. Glacier National Park’s death records date back to January 1913, when a man froze to death while snowshoeing between Cut Bank and St. Mary. All told, 260 people have died or are presumed to have died in the park during the first hundred years of its existence. One man fell into a crevasse on East Gunsight Peak while skiing its steep north face, and another died while moonlight biking on the Sun Road. A man left his wife and five children at the Apgar picnic area and disappeared on Lake McDonald. His boat was found halfway up the west shore wedged between rocks with the propeller stuck in gravel. Collected here are some the most gripping accounts in park history of these unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493024001
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 05/01/2016
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 476,964
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Randi Minetor has written more than thirty books for Globe Pequot/Lyons Press, including Historic Glacier National Park, Backyard Birding, Hiking Waterfalls New York (FalconGuides), Scenic Routes & Byways New York, and Day Trips Hudson River Valley, and Day Trips Hudson Valley. She lives in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface v

Introduction : A Great Vacation Gone Wrong vii

Chapter 1 Treacherous Waters: A Long History of Drowning 1

Chapter 2 More Than the Heart Can Bear: The Number-Two Cause of Death 28

Chapter 3 The Lure of High Peaks: Climbing Deaths 39

Chapter 4 Racing to the Sun: Motor Vehicle Accidents 66

Chapter 5 Know Your Limits: Hiking Accidents 79

Chapter 6 Bear Bait: Grizzly Encounters 96

Chapter 7 Rushing Rocks and Snow: Death by Avalanche 122

Chapter 8 Without Warning: Falling Objects 136

Chapter 9 Dropping Out of the Sky: Small Aircraft Deaths 142

Chapter 10 The Last Hopeless Act: Suicides 149

Chapter 11 Deathly Cold: Dying of Exposure 158

Chapter 12 Murder Most Expedient: The Volkswagen Van and the Newlywed Case 167

Chapter 13 Missing: Presumed Dead 178

Chapter 14 Unclassified: Deaths by Unusual Causes 189

Epilogue: Staying Alive in the National Parks 195

Appendix: List of Deaths 1913-2015 206

Index 217

About the Author 230

From the B&N Reads Blog
Page 1 of

Customer Reviews