Retrospective: Sperry Chalet in photos

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5. Sperry Still Standing Despite Heavy Snow

Five months after the Sperry Chalet was nearly destroyed in a wildfire, the remains of the iconic wilderness lodge in Glacier National Park are still standing.

This week, Glacier National Park and the Glacier National Park Conservancy flew over the chalet to see if efforts to prepare the building for winter had been successful. A photo shows the remaining four walls covered in snow but otherwise upright.

Park officials noted that avalanches have not impacted the building. In 2011, the structure was damaged by a slide that busted open a door and blew open windows, filling the chalet with snow and debris.

Glacier Park has received funding from the conservancy to do two more flights later in the winter and spring to check the building’s status. Those flights are tentatively planned for March and April.

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2018/02/17/sperry-still-standing-despite-heavy-snow/