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Exploring Visitor Experiences On Going-To-The-Sun Road In Glacier National Park, Robert N. Giordano Jan 2002

Exploring Visitor Experiences On Going-To-The-Sun Road In Glacier National Park, Robert N. Giordano

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) is one of the premier road facilities in the world. As the only cross-mountain route through Glacier National Park, the road brings nearly two million visitors a year into the heart of Montana wilderness. How to meet this demand for travel while protecting the nature of the visitor experience and the pristine setting for which the experience exists is a challenge of on-going complexity.

This research was designed to assist park managers in determining future changes to GTSR by describing and analyzing the experiences on the road today. Through 40 onsite interviews at Logan Pass (the pinnacle …