While the two campgrounds will remain open past Labor Day, services will be limited, so visitors should be prepared for no water (or flush toilets at the Seeley Lake Campground).

Big Larch and Lake Alva reservations will be available May 24 through Sept. 3. Seeley Lake Campground reservations will be available July 1 depending on water system repairs.

Sunday at Seeley Lake Campground, a couple of families sat on the beach while motorboats and paddleboards floated on the water, taking advantage of lake access while it exists.

Like smoldering coals glowing in a campfire, the hillside is lit up in the darkness above Highway 83 in Seeley Lake, above the post-elementary school fire camp.

A lot of people do that,” Parcell said. Once on the lake, the snowmobilers needed to get off the ice at Seeley Lake Campground, he said, but had spread out and strayed toward open water.