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NEWS RELEASE

Glacier National Park Changes

Entrance Fees

Date: April 13, 2018 Subscribe | What is RSS

Contact: Lauren Alley, 406-
888-5838

West Glacier, MT – Glacier National Park will modify its

entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional
funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that
enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, the park
entrance fee will be $35 per vehicle or $30 per motorcycle. An
annual park pass will cost $70.

The NPS last October proposed a plan to adopt seasonal

pricing at Glacier National Park and 16 other national parks to
raise additional revenue for infrastructure and maintenance
needs. The fee structure announced today addresses many
concerns and ideas provided by the public on how best to
address fee revenue for parks.

Revenue from entrance fees remains in the National Park

Service and helps ensure a quality experience for all who
visit. In Glacier National Park, 80 percent of entrance fees
stay in the park and are devoted to spending that supports
the visitor. The park shares the other 20 percent of entry fee
income with other national parks for their projects.

“The fees our visitors pay are essential to tackle deferred

maintenance projects like trail and campground work, as well
as other visitor services like ranger programs and our park
maps and brochures,” said Park Superintendent Jeff Mow.

The additional revenue from entrance fees at Glacier National

Park will improve trails such as those around Granite Park
and Running Eagle Falls, improve restroom access including
accessible restrooms and winter restrooms, and expand the
park’s volunteer program.

National parks have experienced record breaking visitation,

with more than 1.5 billion visitors in the last five years.
Throughout the country, the combination of aging
infrastructure and increased visitation affects park roads,
bridges, buildings, campgrounds, water systems, bathrooms,
and other facilities. Maintenance deferred on these facilities
amounts to an $11.6 billion nationwide backlog.

Entrance fees collected by the National Park Service totaled

$199.9 million in Fiscal Year 2016. The NPS estimates that
once fully implemented, the new fee structure will increase
annual entrance fee revenue by about $60 million.

Glacier National Park has had an entrance fee since 1914.

The current rate of $30 per vehicle or $25 per motorcycle has
been in effect since 2016. The park is one of 117 in the
National Park System that charges an entrance fee. The
remaining 300 sites are free to enter.

The price of the annual America the Beautiful National Parks

and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass and Lifetime
Senior Pass will remain $80.

The National Park Service has a standardized entrance fee

structure, composed of four groups based on park size and
type. Glacier National Park is one of the park sites in group
4.

The complete fee schedule will change according to the

following:

Glacier National Park

Per Per Per Park

Vehicle Motorcycle Person Specific

Annual Pass

Current Summer $30 $25 $15 $50

Rates
New Summer $35 $30 $20 $70
Rates as of June
1, 2018
Current Winter $20 $15 $10 $50
Rates
New Winter $25 $20 $15 $70
Rates as of
November 1,
2018

Last updated: April 17, 2018

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West Glacier, MT 59936
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