GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
WEST GLACIER
– Glacier National Park Superintendent Jeff Mow recently announced that the
park’s management is pursuing options for providing shuttle service during the
2020 summer season.
Flathead
County Eagle Transit has been operating the shuttle service under a cooperative
agreement with the park and the State of Montana since 2007. After two months
of discussions with national, regional and local park officials, Flathead
County Commissioners voted on Dec. 11 to terminate their cooperative agreement
to provide the service. The shuttle service typically runs in July and August,
weather permitting.
The National
Park Service established the park’s transit system to reduce vehicle congestion
during the years-long rehabilitation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road that began in
2007. That rehabilitation is now complete. The park is currently engaged in a
planning effort through its Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor Management Plan that
explores opportunities to expand its shuttle system.
Additionally,
a two-year road construction project on Many Glacier Road will begin April 1,
2020. Visitors to the park in 2020 through 2021 are encouraged to plan
accordingly.
Visit parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?documentID=98289 to see the complete Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor management plan.
