Study: Popular Glacier trails see huge increase in use
A woman photographs goats along the Hidden Lake Trail in Glacier National Park. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News)
An ongoing study of trail use in Glacier National Park is putting hard numbers to the use of some of the park's most popular trails as another busy tourist season rapidly approaches.
Compared to data collected in 2012, visitation to Avalanche Lake increased about 80%, from 864 visitors a day in 2012 to 1,572 in 2019 — the last year Glacier was fully open...
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