Glacier National Park is experiencing record visitor numbers, leading to significant traffic congestion. Visitors appreciate the natural beauty and maintenance of the park facilities, contrasting with concerns over staffing shortages due to recent cuts. While many tourists report positive experiences, park staff and watchdog groups warn of a facade masking deeper issues related to park management. Despite recent implementation of a reservation system to control traffic, longtime observances note the challenges facing park infrastructure that may impact future tourism sustainability.
Tourists lean out windows to snap pictures of the steady stream of melting snow tumbling over a small band of cliffs onto the road ringed by towering high alpine peaks and even bigger waterfalls.
Longtime park staff and watchdog groups say this is all by design. "What I've been likening it to is, it's this facade of a park experience this summer," says a program manager.
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