Ptarmigan Tunnel
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The Ptarmigan Tunnel was built in 1930 through the Ptarmigan Wall at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2,200 m) in Glacier National Park, near Many Glacier, in Montana, US. The 250-foot (76 m) manmade tunnel allows hikers to avoid a strenuous climb over very steep terrain between Many Glacier and the Belly River valley. Two opposing steel jackhammers drilling from either side of the tunnel and a series of ten-hole rounds of dynamite gradually broke through the mountain in less than three months.
1930
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- National Register of Historic Places listed place page@
- National Register of Historic Places page@
Location: 48.8492, -113.7078, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Ptarmigan Tunnel ⓘ
pedestrian tunnel in Glacier County, Montana
1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
1930 Ptarmigan Tunnel
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Entrance to the Ptarmigan Tunnel| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | National Register of Historic Places listed place page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | National Register of Historic Places page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | tunnel | 1930 | Ptarmigan Tunnel | pedestrian tunnel, National Park Service | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Ptarmigan Tunnel, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ptarmigan Tunnel, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inside Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inside Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | South Entrance of Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | North Entrance of Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | South Entrance of Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | North Entrance of Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inside the Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Entrance to the Ptarmigan Tunnel | Commons | ||
