East side access into Glacier National Park will not open in 2020

Glacier National Park just announced on its Twitter account that access to the park from the east side will not open in 2020. Here's the information they posted in a series of Tweets:

Glacier National Park officials received word late in the afternoon on June 25 that the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council voted to keep the east side access points into Glacier National Park closed until the end of the 2020 visitor season.

We understand the Blackfeet Tribe’s concerns regarding COVID-19 and its potential impacts to the residents of the reservation and their culture.

We are in the process of determining what this means to park operations and what facilities on the east side will be available by accessing from the west entrance. The Park will be getting information out as soon as it is available regarding our next steps.

You can find the latest information on what's open in the park here.



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