Consistently favorable weather continues to work in favor of local hikers and outdoors enthusiasts, but visitors are still encouraged to use caution.
The winter snowpack is still lingering, although it continues to "melt a little bit in places," said Heidi Oythgoe of the Northwest Interpretative Association at Glacier Public Service Center.
"We're still about a month behind," on the normal snowpack melting schedule, Oythgoe said.
As experienced hikers know, that melting may result in more, faster-moving water on trails - water around which visitors should be extremely careful.
The weekend's forecast is from mostly cloudy to party sunny skies. The sunshine naturally attracts a larger group of hikers, Oythgoe said, and the recent balmy stretch (not counting the middle of this week) has had people getting outdoors more frequently.
Hikers looking forward to getting on the trails this weekend to enjoy the cooler temperatures are advised not to forget the suggestions that apply in warmer weather: Keep hydrated, exercise extreme care around moving water and be respectful of the surroundings and fellow hikers.