Glacier Park navigates surge of visitors amid pandemic
A man holds a drone he was piloting near the boat dock on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park’s Apgar Village on Friday, July 3, 2020. It is illegal to fly drones in national parks. Due to traffic congestion and limited parking availability, access to the park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road was temporarily restricted at Lake McDonald Lodge at 8:07 a.m. and at the foot of Lake McDonald at 8:51 a.m. Friday, according to the park’s Twitter account. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake file photo)
Visitors explore the area around the boat dock on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park’s Apgar Village on Friday, July 3. Due to traffic congestion and limited parking availability, access to the park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road was temporarily restricted at Lake McDonald Lodge at 8:07 a.m. and at the foot of Lake McDonald at 8:51 a.m. Friday, according to the park’s Twitter account. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Visitors walk around Apgar Village in Glacier National Park on Friday, July 3. Due to traffic congestion and limited parking availability, access to the park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road was temporarily restricted at Lake McDonald Lodge at 8:07 a.m. and at the foot of Lake McDonald at 8:51 a.m. Friday, according to the park’s Twitter account. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Visitors look out over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park's Apgar Village on Friday, July 3. Due to traffic congestion and limited parking availability, access to the park's Going-to-the-Sun Road was temporarily restricted at Lake McDonald Lodge at 8:07 a.m. and at the foot of Lake McDonald at 8:51 a.m. Friday, according to the park's Twitter account. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Kayakers paddle around Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Friday, July 3. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Visitors explore the area around the boat dock on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park's Apgar Village on Friday, July 3 2020. Due to traffic congestion and limited parking availability, access to the park's Going-to-the-Sun Road was temporarily restricted at Lake McDonald Lodge at 8:07 a.m. and at the foot of Lake McDonald at 8:51 a.m. Friday, according to the park's Twitter account. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake file photo)
Thursday morning’s rain showers did little to deter people from flocking to Glacier National Park, where by the early morning hours rangers had already started blocking off portions of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in order to avoid major vehicle and foot-traffic congestion.
And based on the variety of license plates in the Lake McDonald Lodge parking lot, people had traveled from near and far — ongoing pandemic aside — to explore the park...
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