Glacier National Park was one of the top 15 most visited national parks in 2023. The park hosted around 3 million visitors.
This number is slightly higher than last year and ranks as Glacier's sixth busiest year.
According to the park officials, May and September saw the highest number of tourists in the national park.
In recent years, park officials have put in place and expanded a registration entry program to manage traffic.
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Significant cuts to the federal workforce have created uncertainty around staffing levels at national parks in Montana. MTPR’s John Hooks shares the latest with host Elinor Smith. -
Glacier National Park says it will test a “timed entry” system for popular areas of the park. Those who get vehicle reservations will be assigned a time block that they can enter but can stay in the park as long as they like.
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Montana will get nearly $72 million in federal funding to help repair aging infrastructure; A section of a popular hiking trail in Glacier National Park remains closed after a bear bit a hiker last week. -
Briefs: National parks bring billion dollar boost; PSC has more time to respond to climate petition; Polls show Sheehy leading in the Senate race. -
The body of a missing Whitefish man who went missing a week ago has been recovered in Glacier National Park.
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Internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has played for presidents and in the world’s great concert halls. Over the weekend, he took his cello to a meadow on the Blackfeet Nation, to play for bison in celebration of the tribe’s work to reestablish a free roaming herd.
