Glacier National Park Headquarters — Attraction in West Glacier

NOT A REVIEW OF THE PARK

ONLY A REVIEW OF THE RANGERS WORKING THE WEST GATE 8 SEPT AROUND 1300HRS

After checking the website for alerts the night prior and day of, arrived at park VIA west gate at 1300hrs.

Long line of cars that all were turned around and told the park was closed because it was "full". This line of rangers was 5 people deep telling people to turn around.

We ironically took a long drive out of the park and found ourselves on fork road and then at another entrance of the park. No gate, no guards, and we were able to get in the park.

Why are Rangers either lying to the public, enforcing rules that don't really make sense, and/or not enforcing rules at all entrances?

And lastly, why are you not updating the public via website that you are closed? You have enough space and bandwidth to alert us about COVID alerts and mask mandates, but not when you're open?

First time visitors to this park and by far the worst customer experience to date at a...

also by the way I had an annual pass that expired at the end of June. during this time I was unable to go to Smoky Mountain and Rocky Mountain National Parks when I was in those areas a few months ago. so when I got to the glacier gate I POLITELY ASKED if national parks is doing the honorable thing and giving people an extension of their annual pass two or three months BUT the answer was a flat NO...

so I was really disappointed that the NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM is NOT standing up and doing the right and honorable thing in terms of the annual pass... because many of the parks were closed if not all of them for a few months and so our annual pass was USELESS for two or three months. they SHOULD give you an extension of your annual pass IF they are an honorable...

West Glacier entrance is close to Hungry Horse, and about 1/2 hour from Whitefish (great skiing). Starting point from here to the East entrance is ideal but since there are more campgrounds on this side, trails etc, there are more people too. Take time to stop at the pullouts and enjoy the "unadvertised" spots. Glacier is all about slowing down and not rushing. Driving on the Going-to-the-sun road is tricky with heavy traffic but so worth it. In the summer, the wildflowers are everywhere and the view!!...