The first 2017 meeting of the North Fork Booklovers will be Thursday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Dick and Janet Leigh, 15920 North Fork Rd. Our book will be “Dancing at the Rascal Fair” by Ivan Doig. It’s a great work of fiction about Scottish settlers in Montana in the late 1800s. If you have any questions, please contact Janet at Janet.l.leigh@gmail.com or 406-253-5680. Hope to see you there.
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Upcoming Bike Rides
Date: Sunday, June 25
Route: Camas Road to Apgar (and back) also known locally as the “Ride for Ice Cream”
Distance: 22 miles round trip
Difficulty: Moderately strenuous (three miles of uphill at the start of the return trip)
Meeting Time: 9:00 am at the parking area on the Camas Road by the stop sign you encounter less than a mile after crossing over the Camas Bridge from the North Fork Road
Date: Wednesday, June 28
Route: Upper Hawk Creek
Distance: 11 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Meeting Time: 9:00 am at the junction Red Meadow Road and the North Fork Road (Note: We will return in time for Wernick’s garden sale.)
Date: Friday, June 30
Route: Cyclone Notch to Big Creek
Distance: 16 miles
Difficulty: Moderate (a few small uphills, but mostly downhill)
Note: This ride requires a shuttle. Contact Valerie Cox at 406-570-7734 or vk.cox@icloud.com to arrange the shuttle.
Meeting Time: Meet at 9:30 am at the junction of the Big Creek Road #316 (just north of Big Creek Outdoor Center) and the North Fork Road to drop shuttle vehicles. From there we will drive to Cyclone Notch where the bike ride begins.
Community Float from the Border to Ford – June 27
A float trip from the Border to Ford has been organized. The June 27th river float will begin at the Border at 11 am and take out at Ford. Dick Leigh will leave a car at Ford for shuttle back up to the Border. Please bring a lunch to enjoy with your neighbors and friends on the river. And don’t forget your life jacket!
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Float Trip Planned for June 13th – CANCELLED
DUE TO THE PREDICTED RAIN, THE FLOAT TRIP FOR JUNE 13TH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
First Float Trip! Scheduled for Tuesday, June 13th. Hosted by the Ulrichsens and Leighs. As always, weather and river conditions prevail. Contact the Leighs dickleigh30@hotmail.com or check the Hall bulletin board for details.
The plan would be to meet at the border and launch at 11AM. Dick has volunteered to leave a pickup truck at Ford to shuttle people back to border launch area at the end of the trip. Lunch will be eaten on the river. Come and join your family and friends for this North Fork tradition.
More Bike Rides Scheduled for this Week
More bike rides have been scheduled for this week. Get out there and have some fun.
Ride #1 : Spruce Creek Cutoff via Red Meadow Road
Meeting Place: Junction of Red Meadow Rd and the North Fork Rd
Date: Tuesday, June 6
Time: 9 am
Distance: 11 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Ride #2: Tuchuck Campground (unless we hit road erosion short of Tuchuck)
Meeting Place: Junction of Trail Creek Rd and the North Fork Rd
Date: Thursday, June 8
Time: 9:30 am
Distance: 18 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
North Forkers Biking the Park
Here’s a report of the bike trip by Val Cox. She says… Eight of us North Forkers enjoyed our bike ride from Avalanche Campground to The Loop–and some of us went miles beyond the Loop–with warm temperatures, sunny skies, and breathtaking scenery. Our group loaded up onto the first biker shuttle of the day at the Transit Center in Apgar. Everyone agreed that the shuttle is the way to go!
June 3 Business Meeting Agenda
The first business meeting of the 2017 summer will take place starting at 8PM at Sondreson Hall. Please bring a light snack to share. Board recruitment discussion. Click here for the agenda for this meeting.
Preceding the meeting starting at 7PM will be a presentation by Glacier Park’s Dog Handler Mark Biel “the Bark Ranger” on an innovative approach to critter control. Come meet Gracie!
Hearing Set for Short Term Rental Zoning Proposal
The Daily Inter Lake has an article about the upcoming hearing. It begins… The zoning proposal to regulate short-term rental housing throughout much of Flathead County is the focus of a public hearing next week before the county commissioners. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 1, in the commissioners’ chambers on the third floor of the county courthouse in Kalispell.
The article goes on to say… The proposal no longer includes the North Fork area because guest cabins are a permitted use in the North Fork Zoning District.
Read the full Daily Inter Lake article here. For more information on what this is about, see Flathead County Short Term Rental Regulation Proposal – Summary
Bike Ride on June 3 – UPDATE
Due to unfavorable weather, the biking group decided to reschedule our June 1 “Avalanche Campground to the Loop Ride” for Saturday, June 3. We will meet at Pittman’s at 8 am to carpool. We will drive to the Transit Center in Apgar and utilize the biker’s shuttle to take us to Avalanche Campground. The weather is predicted to be beautiful on Saturday!
Valerie
Valerie Cox sent in the following about a planned North Fork bike ride. Come join neighbors and friends!
Ride Route: Avalanche Campground to The Loop in Glacier National Park
Distance: 16 miles round trip
Difficulty: Moderate
Date: Thursday, June 1
Time to Meet: 8:00 am at Linda Pittman’s place to carpool to Avalanche Campground and Picnic Area Parking Lot
Please bring a lunch to eat at The Loop before heading back on the return ride. Also bring bear spray and rain gear.