Valley Landmark Opens for Free Public Tours Next Week
Paris, ID · September 3, 2026
A high of seventy-five under heavy cloud cover makes for comfortable outdoor chores this morning, right before the valley's fall sports schedule gets rolling this afternoon. If you are heading past the school grounds later, expect extra traffic along the sidelines.
The Lead
After more than three years of construction, the Montpelier Idaho Temple is opening its doors to the public next week, triggering valley-wide preparations for thousands of incoming visitors. Free public walkthroughs will run from September 10 through September 26 at the newly finished site on Washington Street, eight miles east of town.
For Bear Lake County, the two-week event represents the largest coordinated influx of regional visitors outside the midsummer holiday peak. Municipal crews and local business owners are preparing for increased traffic along Highway 30 and US-89, with parking corridors designated around the surrounding blocks. The open house welcomes all community members without tickets or reservations prior to the formal October dedication. Volunteer teams and local greeters assemble for their final operational walk-throughs this weekend.
Today's Outlook
- High 75°F · Low 45°F — Overcast
- Keep a light layer handy for the crisp morning before mild, cloudy afternoon conditions.
What's On Around Town
Montpelier: Cubs Middle School Football Opener Bear Lake Middle School, 3:30 PM Catch the hometown youth squad taking the home field this afternoon.
Garden City: Ranger-Led Beach Nature Walk Rendezvous Beach, 4:00 PM Explore Bear Lake shoreline ecology and wildlife habitats with a park ranger.
Logan: Aggie Women's Soccer vs. Utah Tech Chuck & Gloria Bell Soccer Field, 7:00 PM Catch non-conference college soccer under the lights on the home pitch.
Spotlight & Story
- Bloomington Lake Cirque
- Tucked twelve miles up Bloomington Canyon, the lake's sheer north-facing headwall is the steepest in Idaho's Bear River Range. Its permanently shaded chutes shelter rare arctic-alpine plants like Rydberg’s musineon, surviving here two thousand feet below their normal elevation.
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